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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Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The warehouses that line the canals are being converted into luxury flats and artist studios.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Pulitzer stands out for its design and layout across 25 canal houses and each of the 225 guestrooms is individually designed.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 25 May 2025
Guests can sign up to walk to the canal and toss in Genki balls, filled with microorganisms that eat away at the sludge in the canal created from manmade pollutants.
—Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
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Noun
Floating solar panels on reservoirs or installing them over canals saves land and makes the panels operate more efficiently.
—Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The warehouses that line the canals are being converted into luxury flats and artist studios.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Pulitzer stands out for its design and layout across 25 canal houses and each of the 225 guestrooms is individually designed.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 25 May 2025
Guests can sign up to walk to the canal and toss in Genki balls, filled with microorganisms that eat away at the sludge in the canal created from manmade pollutants.
—Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canal. Accessed 1 Jun. 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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