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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Canal \Ca*nal"\, n. A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names as Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. [Alaska] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Canal \Ca*nal"\, n. [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel; prob. from a root signifying ``to cut''; cf D. kanaal fr the French. Cf {Channel}, {Kennel} gutter.] 1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc 2. (Anat.) A tube or duct; as the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear. {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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: canal n 1: (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion 2: a bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance [syn: {duct}, {channel}] 3: long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation v : provide with a canal, as of a city [syn: {canalize}]
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