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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2963 COCA: 5394

canal

canal /kəˈnæl/ noun
plural canals
canal
/kəˈnæl/
noun
plural canals
Learner's definition of CANAL
[count]
: a long narrow place that is filled with water and was created by people so that boats could pass through it or to supply fields, crops, etc., with water运河;灌溉渠;水道
medical : a tube or passageway in the body(体内的)管,道 see also birth canal, root canal
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2963 COCA: 5394

canal

1 of 2

noun

ca·​nal kə-ˈnal How to pronounce canal (audio)
1
: a tubular anatomical passage or channel : duct
2
3
: an artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land
4
: any of various faint narrow lines on the planet Mars seen through telescopes and once thought by some to be canals built by Martians

canal

2 of 2

verb

canalled or canaled; canalling or canaling

transitive verb

: to construct a canal through or across

Example Sentences

Noun the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Refinitiv ship-tracking data and the Marine Traffic website also showed the Affinity V facing southwards and traveling slowly in the canal, surrounded by tugs. Reuters, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 Hundreds of ships waited in place for the canal to be unblocked, while some ships were forced to take the much longer route around the Cape of Good Hope at Africa’s southern tip, requiring additional fuel and other costs. Samy Magdy, ajc, 5 July 2021 The vessel, Affinity V, had been blocking the southern section of the canal, two navigational sources said, but SCA sources said shortly after midnight local time that traffic had returned to normal. Reuters, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 As a result, some sections of the canal have seen their carrying capacity reduced by more than 50%. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022 In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt inspected the construction of the canal in a white linen suit topped off with one of the Ecuadorian hats. Lola Méndez, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2022 The divers responsible for the find say that the blocks pinned the shipwreck to the bottom of the canal. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 July 2022 Earwax slowly oozes out of the canal or falls out as more wax is created, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Korin Miller, SELF, 24 June 2022 Salcido was the first on the scene to assist the woman, pulling her and her dog out of the canal. Landon Mion, Fox News, 12 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Latin canalis pipe, channel, from canna reed — more at cane

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1792, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of canal was in the 15th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2963 COCA: 5394
canal

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CANAL | CANAL + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEdrainage, irrigation排水渠;灌溉渠ship(可行船的)運河VERB + CANALbuild, construct, dig修建運河;開鑿運河CANAL + NOUNbarge, boat運河駁船/船隻bank, towpath運河堤岸/纖路PREPOSITIONalong a/the canal沿着運河The barge moved slowly along the canal.駁船沿着運河緩緩航行。on a/the canal在運河上boats on the canal運河上的船隻

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