canal
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
canal/kəˈnal/
▶noun
- 1 an artificial waterway allowing the passage of boats inland or conveying water for irrigation.
- 2 a tubular duct in a plant or animal conveying food, liquid, or air.
– origin ME: from OFr., alt. of chanel ‘channel’, from L. canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’, from canna ‘cane’.
'canal' also found in these Oxford entries:
alimentary canal
- anus
- berm
- canalize
- channel
- coelom
- cutting
- epithelium
- flatulent
- flight
- Haversian canal
- headwork
- intestine
- klong
- leg
- lock
- lock-keeper
- meninges
- midgut
- narrowboat
- navigation
- navvy
- oesophagus
- parenteral
- peristalsis
- pharynx
- root canal
- ship canal
- speculum
- spinal canal
- stent
- stomach
- stricture
- tailwater
- towpath
- vaporetto
- vessel
- waterway
- windy
