canal
noun
[ kəˈnal ]
• an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.
• "they travelled on by canal"
• a tubular duct in a plant or animal, serving to convey or contain food, liquid, or air.
• "the ear canal"
• any of a number of linear markings formerly reported as seen by telescope on the planet Mars.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, alteration of chanel ‘channel’, from Latin canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’, from canna ‘cane’.
