Definition of "canal" in Anglais

noun

1. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.

2. (anatomy, botany) A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.

3. (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals

verb

1. To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage

2. To travel along a canal by boat