canal
English Thesaurus
1. long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | cut, |
| definition | : | a canal made by erosion or excavation (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | race, raceway, |
| definition | : | a canal for a current of water (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | ship canal, shipway, |
| definition | : | a canal large enough for seagoing vessels (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | caledonian canal, |
| definition | : | a canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean; runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end; now little used (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | caloosahatchee canal, |
| definition | : | a canal that connects Lake Okeechobee with the Caloosahatchee River in southern Florida to form part of the Cross-Florida Waterway (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | grand canal, |
| definition | : | an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China; extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | grand canal, |
| definition | : | the major waterway in Venice, Italy (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cape cod canal, |
| definition | : | a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | erie canal, |
| definition | : | an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | new york state barge canal, |
| definition | : | a system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | lock, lock chamber, |
| definition | : | enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | lockage, |
| definition | : | a system of locks in a canal or waterway (noun.artifact) |
2. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | passage, passageway, |
| definition | : | a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | pore, |
| definition | : | any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | canaliculus, |
| definition | : | a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | sinus, venous sinus, |
| definition | : | a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | nasolacrimal duct, |
| definition | : | a duct that carries tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | haversian canal, |
| definition | : | any of the many tiny canals that contain blood vessels and connective tissue and that form a network in bone (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | hepatic duct, |
| definition | : | the duct that drains bile from the liver (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | canalis inguinalis, inguinal canal, |
| definition | : | oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall; in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord; in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | bile duct, common bile duct, |
| definition | : | a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | pancreatic duct, |
| definition | : | a duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel, |
| definition | : | a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | salivary duct, |
| definition | : | a duct through which saliva passes from the salivary gland into the mouth (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | ureter, |
| definition | : | either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | urethra, |
| definition | : | duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | vagina, |
| definition | : | the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | epididymis, |
| definition | : | a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | ductus deferens, vas deferens, |
| definition | : | a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | seminal duct, |
| definition | : | the efferent duct of the testis in man (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | ejaculatory duct, |
| definition | : | a part of the seminal duct formed by the duct from the seminal vesicle and the vas deferens; passes through the prostate gland (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | bronchiole, |
| definition | : | any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | lactiferous duct, |
| definition | : | ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | ampulla, |
| definition | : | the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear (noun.body) |
3. (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | channel, |
| definition | : | a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels (noun.object) |
| domain category | : | astronomy, uranology, |
| definition | : | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (noun.cognition) |
4. provide (a city) with a canal (verb.possession)
5. long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation (noun.artifact)
6. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance (noun.body)
7. provide (a city) with a canal (verb.possession)
| derivation | : | canal, |
| definition | : | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation (noun.artifact) |
8. long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation (noun.artifact)
9. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance (noun.body)
10. provide (a city) with a canal (verb.possession)
| derivation | : | canal, |
| definition | : | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation (noun.artifact) |
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