Canal
Canal , noun
[French canal, from Latin canalis canal, channel; prob. from a root signifying “to cut”; compare Dutch kanaal, from the French. Compare Channel, Kennel gutter.]
1.
An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
2.
(Anatomy) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.
3.
A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. [Alaska]
Collocations (2)
Canal boat , a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal.
Canal lock , See Lock.