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canal

[kuh-nal]

noun

  1. an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.

  2. a long narrow arm of the sea penetrating far inland.

  3. a tubular passage or cavity for food, air, etc., especially in an animal or plant; a duct.

  4. channel; watercourse.

  5. Astronomy.one of the long, narrow, dark lines on the surface of the planet Mars, as seen telescopically from the earth.



verb (used with object)

canalled, canaled, canalling, canaling. 
  1. to make a canal through.

canal

/ əˈæ /

noun

  1. an artificial waterway constructed for navigation, irrigation, water power, etc

  2. any of various tubular passages or ducts

    the alimentary canal

  3. any of various elongated intercellular spaces in plants

  4. astronomy any of the indistinct surface features of Mars originally thought to be a network of channels but not seen on close-range photographs. They are caused by an optical illusion in which faint geological features appear to have a geometric structure

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to dig a canal through

  2. to provide with a canal or canals

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of canal1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English: “waterpipe, tubular passage,” from Latin , perhaps equivalent to can(na) “reed, pipe” ( cane ) + - -al 1; canal def. 5 a mistranslation of Italian canali “channels,” the term used by G. V. Schiaparelli
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of canal1

C15 (in the sense: pipe, tube): from Latin channel, water pipe, from canna reed, cane 1
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Roundhouse Birmingham informed customers its city and canal tours were cancelled via a Facebook post on Wednesday.

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Connor said the community searches have looked in canal areas, woodland and fields.

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Emergency services were alerted when the child failed to surface after jumping into the canal.

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"What this means is that the sort of habitat modification that beavers can do through damming, building lodges, digging canals - this can create habitats for other species, and they can increase biodiversity," said Dr Needham.

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It lacks both the massive storage infrastructure and the extensive canals needed to divert such volumes.

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