Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "canal" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

amsterdam arid or semi desert areas bridge michigan panama venice

Derived Terms

C&D Canal Canal Foot Canal Street Corinth Canal Gaertner's canal Gartner's canal Haversian canal Laurer's canal Panama Canal Schlemm's canal Suez Canal Tribeca alar canal alimentary canal auditory canal birth canal canal basin canal boat canal bridge canal coal canal of Hering canal of Nuck canal of Schlemm canalage canalicule canaliferous canaliform canalise canalize canaller canalman canalogram canalography canalolith canalolithiasis canaloplasty canalotomy canalside carpal canal central canal cervical canal cloud canal ear canal external auditory canal femoral canal food canal hyaloid canal incisive canal inguinal canal intercanal internal auditory canal intracanal lacrimal canal love canal mandibular canal minicanal nanocanal nerve of the pterygoid canal neural canal neurenteric canal noncanal pterygoid canal radial canal root canal sand canal semicircular canal ship canal spinal canal stone canal triosseal canal vertebral canal

Has Part

water

Context

anatomy astronomy

Has Property

man made

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

channel furnish offer passage passageway provide render supply watercourse waterway

Type Of (IsA)

body of water channel constructed route piece of technology water way watercourse

Manner Of

supply

Related Terms

canalization channel channelization channelize

Related Terms

across across land after after panama alimentary amsterdam amsterdam waterway artificial artificial river artificial waterway barges big boat boat passage boats body canalization canalize carrying carrying boats channel channelization channelize city city river city waterway course deep dentistry dig ditch drainage dug dug waterway edges eerie erie erie panama erie seaway erie suez erie waterway fake fake waterway france geography gondolas highway human human river in amsterdam in panama in venice inland inland river inland waterway irrigation irrigation system land lane linking linking oceans little little river locks long long boats made made river man man made manual manual river manufactured manufactured river manufactured waterway mars mars geography narrow narrow channel narrow waterway narrow way oceans operation or panama panama panama suez panama waterway pass passage passageway path pipe river river passage road root route seaway shipping shipping channel small small river straight straight edges straight river stream stream channel suez suez panama surgery system teeth teeth operation throughway tooth tooth surgery travel tubular tunnel tunnel underwater underwater venice venice river venice road venice waterway walls water water body water carrying water channel water course water passage water passageway water path water route water stream water travel water way waterway waterways watery way

Synonym Network

duct

Used For

barges to travel on canal boats connect two bodies of water connecting two bodies of water delivering irrigation water to crops diverting excess water to safe areas division getting around venice giving passage holidays irrigation moving water moving water between two places parking boat riding in gondolas transportation via boat transporting goods travel travel in venice

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.