canal
/kəˈnæl/noun, verb2 syllables
Canal means: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance.
Synonyms for canal5
What does canal mean?4
noun
1
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance“the tear duct was obstructed”
2
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
3
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
verb
1
provide (a city) with a canal
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with canal?12
Canal in a sentence
- While crossing the field, examine the dam, the canal and the wall.Objectivesea
- A canal flowed between two rows of houses.CM
- The water in the canal is exuding an unpleasant smell.frpzzd
- He slept near a canal in the grass.Tom9358
- This ship is too big to pass through the canal.CM
- I got here by strolling along the canal path.sangelo
- The ear canal sends sound waves to the eardrum.unknown
- Benedito watched the water flow through the canal.Amastan
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Forms of canal
as a noun
- plural
- canals
as a verb
- past tense
- canaled
- present participle
- canaling
- third-person singular
- canals
- past participle
- canalled