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canal   (TTS Sound)

The noun canal has 3 senses

• canal -- ((astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion)


• duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel -- (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")


• canal -- (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)

The verb canal has 1 sense

• canal, canalize, canalise -- (provide (a city) with a canal)