Canal
noun
A man-made waterway made for travel or irrigation.
The famous Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Often appears as...
- panama canal
- suez canal
noun
A tube in a plant or an animal, for carrying substances like water or food.
The root canals in a tooth carry blood vessels and nerves.
Often appears as...
- root canal
- canal root
noun
A narrow path dug into the ground to carry water.
He dug a small canal to guide the rain water away from his house.
Often appears as...
- irrigation canal
- canal divert
verb
To provide a place with water channels, direct water through a canal.
They want to canal the river to prevent flooding.
Often appears as...
- canal water
- canal river
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Technical
noun
A man-made waterway made for travel or irrigation.
The famous Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Often appears as...
- panama canal
- suez canal
noun
A tube in a plant or an animal, for carrying substances like water or food.
The root canals in a tooth carry blood vessels and nerves.
Often appears as...
- root canal
- canal root
noun
A narrow path dug into the ground to carry water.
He dug a small canal to guide the rain water away from his house.
Often appears as...
- irrigation canal
- canal divert
verb
To provide a place with water channels, direct water through a canal.
They want to canal the river to prevent flooding.
Often appears as...
- canal water
- canal river
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Human Creations
Canal refers to waterways specifically constructed by people, not natural ones.
They built a canal to connect two rivers.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Significance
Some canals are monumental, shaping international trade and travel.
The Suez Canal blockade had global trade implications.
Pro Tip 3/3Engineering Marvel
Large canals are feats of engineering and often celebrated as such.
The Panama Canal expansion was an engineering triumph.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Creations
Canal refers to waterways specifically constructed by people, not natural ones.
They built a canal to connect two rivers.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Significance
Some canals are monumental, shaping international trade and travel.
The Suez Canal blockade had global trade implications.
Pro Tip 3/3Engineering Marvel
Large canals are feats of engineering and often celebrated as such.
The Panama Canal expansion was an engineering triumph.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Creations
Canal refers to waterways specifically constructed by people, not natural ones.
They built a canal to connect two rivers.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Significance
Some canals are monumental, shaping international trade and travel.
The Suez Canal blockade had global trade implications.
Pro Tip 3/3Engineering Marvel
Large canals are feats of engineering and often celebrated as such.
The Panama Canal expansion was an engineering triumph.
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Demolition, disease, and...
Instead of cutting the mountain down to sea level, they would raise the sea up the mountain. The plan was to build massive steel gates separating the canal into multiple chambers with different water levels. As a ship passed through each successive gate would open, lowering the water level in the next chamber,
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Rob Knight: How our...
and when you think about it, until recently, every surviving mammal had been delivered by the birth canal, and so the lack of those protective microbes that we've co-evolved with might be really important for a lot of these different conditions that we now know involve the microbiome.
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Corruption, wealth and...
Like a modern day taxi system, gondolas were leased to boatmen who made the rounds of the city's ferry stations. Passengers paid a fare to be carried from one side of the Grand Canal to the other, as well as to other points around the city. But gondoliers soon developed a bad rap.
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Can Nature Make Us...
and one of the areas that's emerged is this importance of blue spaces so that's any environment that features water could be lakes rivers canals and of course the coast and what's really interesting is it looks like the margins might be most important where those two
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Human Body 101 PIPE...
Nutrients are absorbed into the body while solid waste is expelled through the anal canal the end of the digestive tract No matter the roll size or shape of any of the body systems each began with a reproductive system This system is responsible for creating life
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Nationalism vs....
which controlled the entire Yellow River and had the ability to bring hundreds of thousands of people together to build dams and canals and regulate the river and prevent the worst floods and droughts and raise the level of prosperity for everybody.
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Monster Fish of the...
can help me catch bureau crew in the wild he can Scott goes after the Giants on a catch-and-release basis so he doesn't diminish their numbers he says the best place for us to look is in the canals and the goons around the island
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Dan Barber: How I fell...
They raised beef cattle on what was essentially wetlands. They did it by draining the land. They built this intricate series of canals, and they pushed water off the land and out into the river. Well, they couldn't make it work,
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Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
lastly egyptians developed methods to measure and survey land around the nile river these civil engineering feats made way for the construction of dams canals and irrigation systems that helped farming
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Designing urban spaces...
for the cities such as green roof urban farming's urban forests canal restorations every green space counts addressing
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Demolition, disease, and...
Instead of cutting the mountain down to sea level, they would raise the sea up the mountain. The plan was to build massive steel gates separating the canal into multiple chambers with different water levels. As a ship passed through each successive gate would open, lowering the water level in the next chamber,
Video examples
Rob Knight: How our...
and when you think about it, until recently, every surviving mammal had been delivered by the birth canal, and so the lack of those protective microbes that we've co-evolved with might be really important for a lot of these different conditions that we now know involve the microbiome.
Video examples
Corruption, wealth and...
Like a modern day taxi system, gondolas were leased to boatmen who made the rounds of the city's ferry stations. Passengers paid a fare to be carried from one side of the Grand Canal to the other, as well as to other points around the city. But gondoliers soon developed a bad rap.
Video examples
Can Nature Make Us...
and one of the areas that's emerged is this importance of blue spaces so that's any environment that features water could be lakes rivers canals and of course the coast and what's really interesting is it looks like the margins might be most important where those two
Video examples
Human Body 101 PIPE...
Nutrients are absorbed into the body while solid waste is expelled through the anal canal the end of the digestive tract No matter the roll size or shape of any of the body systems each began with a reproductive system This system is responsible for creating life
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
which controlled the entire Yellow River and had the ability to bring hundreds of thousands of people together to build dams and canals and regulate the river and prevent the worst floods and droughts and raise the level of prosperity for everybody.
Video examples
Monster Fish of the...
can help me catch bureau crew in the wild he can Scott goes after the Giants on a catch-and-release basis so he doesn't diminish their numbers he says the best place for us to look is in the canals and the goons around the island
Video examples
Dan Barber: How I fell...
They raised beef cattle on what was essentially wetlands. They did it by draining the land. They built this intricate series of canals, and they pushed water off the land and out into the river. Well, they couldn't make it work,
Video examples
Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
lastly egyptians developed methods to measure and survey land around the nile river these civil engineering feats made way for the construction of dams canals and irrigation systems that helped farming
Video examples
Designing urban spaces...
for the cities such as green roof urban farming's urban forests canal restorations every green space counts addressing
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Quote examples
Michel Gondry
American Writer
The first dolly track was somebody who had the idea to put the camera on a boat on a canal. So the boat would move very slowly but steadily. So they would see all that surrounds you and you'd see the landscape changing slowly. So that was the first time.
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Alex Kingston
English Actress
When I was pregnant, I did Kundalini yoga. It was all closing your eyes, dancing around, and putting your hands together to form birth canals for people to pretend to be a baby coming out.
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NikkieTutorials
Dutch Celebrity
Amsterdam is such a fun, cool place, and it's very Instagrammable with the canals and the boats and the flowers and the architecture. It's amazing for outfit of the day shots.
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Kate Moss
English Model
I hate dentists. That's why my tooth fell out. I was in the middle of a root canal and wouldn't go back, so it just dropped out when I was in the middle of Fifth Avenue.
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
Time is water, and the Venetians conquered both by building a city on water, and framed time with their canals. Or tamed time. Or fenced it in. Or caged it.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
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Mark Tobey
American Artist
I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
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Janet Echelman
American Artist
In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries.
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Gerrit Smith
American Politician
I do not object to the construction of rail roads and canals.
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Michel Gondry
American Writer
The first dolly track was somebody who had the idea to put the camera on a boat on a canal. So the boat would move very slowly but steadily. So they would see all that surrounds you and you'd see the landscape changing slowly. So that was the first time.
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Alex Kingston
English Actress
When I was pregnant, I did Kundalini yoga. It was all closing your eyes, dancing around, and putting your hands together to form birth canals for people to pretend to be a baby coming out.
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NikkieTutorials
Dutch Celebrity
Amsterdam is such a fun, cool place, and it's very Instagrammable with the canals and the boats and the flowers and the architecture. It's amazing for outfit of the day shots.
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Kate Moss
English Model
I hate dentists. That's why my tooth fell out. I was in the middle of a root canal and wouldn't go back, so it just dropped out when I was in the middle of Fifth Avenue.
Quote examples
Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
Time is water, and the Venetians conquered both by building a city on water, and framed time with their canals. Or tamed time. Or fenced it in. Or caged it.
Quote examples
Ronald Reagan
American President
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Quote examples
Mark Tobey
American Artist
I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
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Janet Echelman
American Artist
In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries.
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Gerrit Smith
American Politician
I do not object to the construction of rail roads and canals.
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