Definitions for canal
canal
ca·nal
Spelling: [kuh-nal]
IPA: /kəˈnæl/
Canal is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 35 anagrams from letters in canal (aacln).
Definitions for canal
noun
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an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
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a long narrow arm of the sea penetrating far inland.
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a tubular passage or cavity for food, air, etc., especially in an animal or plant; a duct.
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channel; watercourse.
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Astronomy. one of the long, narrow, dark lines on the surface of the planet Mars, as seen telescopically from the earth.
verb (used with object)
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to make a canal through.
Origin of canal
1400-50; late Middle English: waterpipe, tubular passage Latin canālis, perhaps equivalent to can(na) reed, pipe (see cane) + -ālis -al1