CANAL


Meaning of CANAL in English

ca ‧ nal /kəˈnæl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: canalis 'pipe, channel' , from canna ; ⇨ ↑ cane 1 ]

a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place:

We walked along by the side of the canal.

the Panama Canal

by canal

The goods were transported by canal to London.

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THESAURUS

▪ river a line of water that flows into the sea:

They crossed the river by ferry.

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the River Tweed

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the Yangtze river

▪ tributary a stream or river that flows into a larger river:

The River Trombetas is a tributary of the River Amazon.

▪ estuary the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea:

plans to build a big new airport on the Thames estuary

▪ canal a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place:

Venice’s famous canals

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a canal boat

▪ delta an area of low land where a river spreads into many smaller rivers near the sea:

the Nile delta

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.