canal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: canal	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for canal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
canal n (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" Synonym(s): duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation v provide (a city) with a canal [syn: canal, canalize, canalise]
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 \Canal"\, n. [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel; prob. from a root signifying [bd]to cut[b8]; 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}.