CANAL Synonyms
There are 15 hypernyms of the word canal. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CANAL
| Expand? | Word | Save? | More Syns.. | Usage | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| channel | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a path over which electrical signals can pass • a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through • a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) • 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 • (often plural) a means of communication or access • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance • a television station and its programs • a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors verb • transmit or serve as the medium for transmission • direct the flow of • send from one person or place to another | ||||||||
| duct | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance • a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls • an enclosed conduit for a fluid | ||||||||
| aqueduct | nounn | |||||||
noun • a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley | ||||||||
| artery | nounn | |||||||
noun • a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body • a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic | ||||||||
| conduit | nounn | |||||||
noun • a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass | ||||||||
| flume | nounn | |||||||
noun • a narrow gorge with a stream running through it • watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs | ||||||||
| groove | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) • a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape • (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part verb • make a groove in, or provide with a groove • hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove | ||||||||
| passage | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of passing from one state or place to the next • a section of text; particularly a section of medium length • a way through or along which someone or something may pass • the passing of a law by a legislative body • a journey usually by ship • a short section of a musical composition • a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass • a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another • the motion of one object relative to another • the act of passing something to another person | ||||||||
| trench | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth • a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor • any long ditch cut in the ground verb • impinge or infringe upon • fortify by surrounding with trenches • cut or carve deeply into • set, plant, or bury in a trench • cut a trench in, as for drainage • dig a trench or trenches | ||||||||
| watercourse | nounn | |||||||
noun • natural or artificial channel through which water flows • a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth • a conduit through which water flows | ||||||||
| waterway | nounn | |||||||
noun • a navigable body of water • a conduit through which water flows | ||||||||
| canalise | verbv | |||||||
verb • provide (a city) with a canal | ||||||||
| canalize | verbv | |||||||
verb • provide (a city) with a canal | ||||||||
| epithelial duct | nounn | |||||||
noun • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | ||||||||
