canalled or canaled; canalling or canaling
: to construct a canal through or across
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Noun
the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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Sofia Perez, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
La Isla is worth a visit, even if only for a bit of window shopping or a break from the beach; the twists and turns of its canals and walkways that sit alongside the Nichupté Lagoon are quite pretty.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
When strikes last peaked in late 2024, cargo traffic through the canal plummeted by around two-thirds, and insurance prices soared.
—semafor.com, 10 July 2025
The researchers think the camp was built in the second century C.E.
Over the years, archaeologists have found many forts, towers, cemeteries, canals and temporary military camps along the Limes.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
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Noun
These canals have porous walls that allow water to seep into the ground and refill area aquifers while also regulating flow to prevent runoff.
—Sofia Perez, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
La Isla is worth a visit, even if only for a bit of window shopping or a break from the beach; the twists and turns of its canals and walkways that sit alongside the Nichupté Lagoon are quite pretty.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
When strikes last peaked in late 2024, cargo traffic through the canal plummeted by around two-thirds, and insurance prices soared.
—semafor.com, 10 July 2025
The researchers think the camp was built in the second century C.E.
Over the years, archaeologists have found many forts, towers, cemeteries, canals and temporary military camps along the Limes.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for canal
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canal. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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canal
noun
ca·nal
kə-ˈnal 
: a tubular anatomical passage or channel : duct see alimentary canal, Haversian canal, inguinal canal
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