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canal - long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation |
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watercourse,
waterway a conduit through which water flows
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cut an unexcused absence from class; "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
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industrial watercourse a canal that is operated by one or more industries
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lock,
lock chamber any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
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lockage passage through a lock in a canal or waterway
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race,
raceway a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"
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shipway,
ship canal a canal large enough for seagoing vessels
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canal - (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion |
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channel a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"
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astronomy,
uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
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canal - provide (a city) with a canal |
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canalize,
canalise |
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furnish,
provide,
render,
supply provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"
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