Canal

What do we mean by canal?

An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. noun

A tube, duct, or passageway. noun

One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars. noun

To dig an artificial waterway through. transitive verb

To provide with an artificial waterway or waterways. transitive verb

To intersect or cut with canals.

Same as canaille, 2. noun

A long, narrow arm of the sea penetrating far inland: as, Lynn canal, Portland canal, etc. noun

The juice-canals or ultimate radicals of the lymph-vessels. noun

In sponges, all of the cavities of the body, taken collectively, traversed by the currents of water which nourish the sponge from the time they enter at the pores until they pass out at the osculum. noun

A channel which passes through the series of hemal arches beneath the backbone of a fish. noun

In sponges, one of the canals which are continuous with the paragastric cavity, as distinguished from an incurrent canal. noun

In ctenophorans, a branch of the perradial canal extending into the base of the corresponding tentacle. noun

An artificial waterway for irrigation or navigation. noun

In architecture, a channel; a groove; a flute: thus, the canal of the volute is the channel on the face of the circumvolutions inclosed by a list in the Ionic capital. noun

In anatomy, a duet; a channel through which a fluid is conveyed or solids pass; a tubular cavity in a part, or a communication between parts. See duet. noun

In zoology, the name of sundry grooves, furrows, apertures, etc., as: the channels of various actinozoans; noun

The afferent and efferent pores of sponges; noun

The groove observed in different parts of certain univalve shells, and adapted for the protrusion of the long cylindrical siphon or breathing-tube possessed by those animals. noun

In botany, an elongated intercellular or intrafascicular space, either empty or containing sap, resin, or other substances. noun

An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.

A tubular channel within the body.

One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars.

Words that are spelled similarly to canal:
canal, banal, cabal, anal, carnal, cana, caval, conal, fanal, cantal, caral, cahal, panal, casal, ranal, manal, chanal, canad, catal, ianal, camal, kanal, cajal, canas, canap, canel, canol, canaa, caal, canan, canam.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word canal:
towpath, locks, waterway, aqueduct, navigable, lock, suez, midi, panama, erie, dug, irrigation, authorised, wharf, navigation, trent, zone, boats, connects, basin, junction, dock, linking, tunnel, reservoir, bridges, connecting, pearl, thames, coal, harbor, bridge, connect, dam, birmingham, shipping, passes, river, inland, delaware, boat, norfolk, link, lift, crossed, railroad, constructed, traffic, branch, port, railway, egyptian, tons, water, flows, mediterranean, arrived, hudson, cargo, harbour, orleans.

Words that rhyme with canal:
rationale, al, corral, morale, et al, shall, pal, locale, gal, doral, cal, dal, pascal, mal, chaparral, royale, sal, hal, chorale, val, bal, kal, scall, halle, thralldom, thraldom, pen pal, chagall, vidal, lasalle, vitale, guadalcanal, quesal, malle, blaise pascal, duval, perceval, skall, generale, ralegh, thal, grand mal, lal, pascale, nadal, petit mal, carvajal, cafe royale, schmal, internacional, carbajal, unocal, amaral, reale, kral, ad val, battle of guadalcanal, el-al, coufal, dolezal, commerciale, institucional, cargal, devalle, edival, huval, maneval, nasional, prchal, roubal, wintershall, yigal.

Adjectives that are often used to describe canal:
alimentary, spinal, external, anal, intestinal, cervical, central, inguinal, semicircular, auditory, medullary, internal, main, bony, optic, narrow, vaginal, neural, posterior, lateral, facial, horizontal, mandibular, digestive, isthmian, endocervical, irrigation, infraorbital, anterior, atrioventricular, level, superior, sacral, fallopian, interoceanic, haversian, pterygoid, inferior, genital, uterine, pyloric, grand, urethral, lumbar, root, pelvic, circular, neurenteric, incisive, hypoglossal, dental, vertical, navigable, membranous, infected, radial, straight, mile, artificial, osseous, alveolar, outer, siphonal, sensory, distal, orbital, nasolacrimal, persistent, nicaraguan, spiral.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective canal:
boats, irrigation, street, construction, building, boat, traffic, system, companies, rays, water, question, zone, navigation, tolls, systems, dues, treaty, locks, commissioner, barges, lining, louisiana, base, transport, commissioners, transportation, filling, preparation, enlargement, workers, company, treaties, projects, wall, banks, bridge, tonnage, shares, policy, rates, lands, officials, business, linings, travel, revenues, area, cut, colonies, residents, configuration, builders, bridges, route, scene, commercial, losses, capacity, theory, project, bank, stenosis, waters, works, authorities, section, lock, fever, routes, paresis, charges, embankments, ports, boy, engineering, maintenance, board, diplomacy, tunnels, officer, neuromasts, cleaning, cities, operation, sts, sections, crossing, ring, mileage, basin, digging, bungalow.

Consonant match to canal:
kernel, colonel, kennel, canaille, kinnell, cannel, conal, connell, kinoyl, cannell, kennell, can heal, can ill, cane hill, con il, con ill, connole, cornelle, kanell, ken hill, kienle, kuehnel, kuehnle, kuhnle.

Words that sound like canal:
canal, canel, canol, kennel, kinnell, camille, canals, connell, camal, kamil, connel, cannel, kemal, kamille, conal, camile, camil, kanal, cannell, kannel, canaille, kummel, cannelle, cml, kanel, gunnel, gonal, gunnell, kimmel, kimmell, cunning, camel, conceal, console, canoe, colonel, kernel, kony, kernal, congeal, cony, kamal, canola, condole, cunny, komal, caml, canelo, kamel, canela, comal, kanai, canella, kanoa, cahal, khayal, kanae, cutshall, canoa, conneely, conneaut, kahal, cundall, kameel, canea, cajal, kammel, janelle, ganache, kenning, chunnel, fanal, gamal, ranal, kenny, kindle, kendall, kenna, kendal, kinney, kenney, kennels, kendell, kindel, kinny, crenel, kinsale, kennelly, kinna, ken doll, kinnie, kinsel, kitchel, kinzel, kitchell, kenaf, kenneled, kentle, kenneally, kenaz.