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- [kuh-nal]
- /kəˈnæl/
- /kəˈnæl/
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- [kuh-nal]
- /kəˈnæl/
Definitions of canal word
- countable noun canal A canal is a long, narrow stretch of water that has been made for boats to travel along or to bring water to a particular area. 3
- countable noun canal A canal is a narrow tube inside your body for carrying food, air, or other substances. 3
- noun canal an artificial waterway constructed for navigation, irrigation, water power, etc 3
- noun canal any of various tubular passages or ducts 3
- noun canal any of various elongated intercellular spaces in plants 3
- noun canal 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 3
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Origin of canal
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English: waterpipe, tubular passage < Latin canālis, perhaps equivalent to can(na) reed, pipe (see cane) + -ālis -al1; def. 5 a mistranslation of Italian canali channels, term used by G. V. Schiaparelli
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Parts of speech for Canal
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canal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
canal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for canal
noun canal
- conduit — A conduit is a small tunnel, pipe, or channel through which water or electrical wires go.
- bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
- course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- duct — any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- trench — Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ˈʃɛn ə vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
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