Canal

/kəˈnæl/

Synonyms for "canal" (142 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Noun(9 words)

channel ambulacrum aqueductsartificial waterwayauditory canalchanal channels conduit cuniculus

aqueduct arroyo bed bottleneck canalization canalize carve chamfer channel chisel conduit corrugate course crackcreek bedcrimp culvert cut

Verb(2 words)

canalise canalize

Strong matches (42)

dado defile dike ditch dongadry bedduct emunctory engrave entrenchment eroticeustachian tubefallopian tubefistula flume flute fosse furrow gash goffer

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gouge groove gulch gully gullyhole gutterha haha-ha headrace incise intestine intestines

Noun(7 words)

danish vandvejduct ducts ductuledutch waterwayear canalepithelial duct

Adjective(3 words)

dutch waterwaysdutch waterweggerman wasserweg

Related words (71)

Noun(13 words)

irrigation canalmost static channelnorwegian vannveipassages suez tracts tributaries tubes tubule watercourses waterway waterways welland

irrigation ditchisthmus kennel meatus moat narrow narrows neck nullah ostium oviduct pass pleat plow pore rabbet race rifleriver bedriverway

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runnel rut salpinx score scratch slit sluice spillbox spillway strait streakstream bedstreamway striatesunk fenceswashswash channeltailracethoracic ductthroat trench trough ureter urethra vagina vas vessel wadiwater carrierwater channelwater furrowwater gapwater gatewatercourse waterway waterworks wrinkle

Adjective(1 words)

swedish vattenväg

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More general

12 entries

anatomical passagechannel furnish offer passage passageway path provide render supply watercourse waterway

More specific

4 entries

Erie CanalPanama Canalinformation channelshipping channel

Collocations

7 entries

Erie CanalPanama Canalartificial canalcanal lockcanal systemshipping canalwater canal

Inflections

1 entries

canals

Derivations

6 entries

canalization canalizations canalize canalized canalizes canalizing

Sample sentences

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A canal flowed between two rows of houses.

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The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific.

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The canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific.

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This ship is too big to pass through the canal.

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