what does canal mean?
CANAL as NOUN
- Meaning
- long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
Hypernyms(s) canal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
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- the tear duct was obstructed
- the alimentary canal
- poison is released through a channel in the snake’’s fangs
Hypernyms(s) canal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels
- they are now believed to be an optical illusion
Hypernyms(s) canal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
CANAL as VERB
- Meaning
- provide (a city) with a canal
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Hypernyms(s) canal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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