canal
Man-made waterway
A canal is an artificial waterway constructed for navigation, irrigation, or drainage.
Unlike rivers, canals are human-made channels that connect bodies of water or carry water where nature didn't provide it: The Panama Canal links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The word also applies to tubular passages in the body, such as the ear canal or alimentary canal.
To canalize something is to channel it, literally or figuratively, into a particular direction or course.
Mechanism requiring a key
- towpathCanal-side walking route
- basinConcave water receptacle
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- sluiceGated water conduit
weir · levee · embankment · dike · floodgate · spillway · reservoir · dam
Flat freight vessel
- cargoTransported goods
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- tugboatSmall craft that pulls ships
container · trade · logistics · vessel · dock · harbor · port · terminal
Mechanism requiring a key
- lockkeeperCanal gate attendant
- towpathCanal-side walking route
- chartData shown visually
- buoyTethered nautical signal
pilot · helm · course · passage · mooring · berth · draft · clearance
Isthmus nation with waterway
- SuezEgyptian canal city
- ErieNorthwestern Pennsylvania city
- VeniceLagoon city, northeastern Italy
- AmsterdamCapital of Netherlands
Bruges · navigations · industrial · Victorian · trade route · merchants · engineering marvel · construction
lock
Mechanism requiring a key
- towpathCanal-side walking route
- basinConcave water receptacle
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
sluice · weir · levee · embankment · dike · floodgate · spillway · reservoir · dam · culvert
barge
Flat freight vessel
- cargoTransported goods
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
tugboat · container · trade · logistics · vessel · dock · harbor · port · terminal · freight
lock
Mechanism requiring a key
- lockkeeperCanal gate attendant
- towpathCanal-side walking route
- chartData shown visually
buoy · pilot · helm · course · passage · mooring · berth · draft · clearance · bridge
Panama
Isthmus nation with waterway
Amsterdam · Bruges · navigations · industrial · Victorian · trade route · merchants · engineering marvel · construction · laborers
auditory
Of or relating to hearing
- alimentaryRelating to nourishment
- cervicalOf the neck
- semicircularForming half a circle
inguinal · spinal · vertebral · dental · cochlear · nasal · lacrimal
- bodies of waterocean, river, sea, lake, stream
- DutchDutch, Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam
- water systemswater pipes, water pipe, water storage, water line, irrigation ditches
- boating destinationscoastal waters, inland lakes, Bahamas, harbors, Virgin Islands
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- British Transportrailway, railways, tram, trams, underground
canalriver
Large flowing watercourse
stream · natural waterway · creek · brook · natural channel
- root canalInfected pulp removal
- canal lockGated chamber adjusting water levels
- canal systemConnected artificial water passages
- shipping canal
- Panama CanalInteroceanic shipping route
- ear canalsPassages to the eardrum