Antonyms for canal
kəˈnælcanal

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1. • Astronomy
   • Channel
   • Passage
   • Provide

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1. canalnoun

   (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion

   Synonyms:
   epithelial duct, duct, channel

2. duct, epithelial duct, canal, channelnoun

   a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

   "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"

   Synonyms:
   epithelial duct, line, transmission channel, channel, distribution channel, television channel, communication channel, duct, groove

3. canalverb

   long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation

   Synonyms:
   epithelial duct, duct, channel

4. canal, canalize, canaliseverb

   provide (a city) with a canal

   Synonyms:
   canalize, canalise, channel

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. canalnoun

   Synonyms:
   channel

   Associated words:
   towpath, berm, heelpath, lock

How to use canal in a sentence?

1. Allen Ginsberg:

   No monster vibration, no snake universe hallucinations. Many tiny jeweled violet flowers along the path of a living brook that looked like Blake's illustration for a canal in grassy Eden: huge Pacific watery shore, Orlovsky dancing naked like Shiva long-haired before giant green waves, titanic cliffs that Wordsworth mentioned in his own Sublime, great yellow sun veiled with mist hanging over the planet's oceanic horizon. No harm.

2. Neel Raithatha:

   The patient had a fungal infection, otomycosis, which developed on the dead earwax and skin and also otitis externa of the ear canal and eardrum.

3. Xu Zhibin:

   It all depends on the trade volume between East and West, not the capacity of the canal, volume will rise if the European economy begins to boom ... As of now I don't think that there will be an increase in volume.

4. Barbara Lovell:

   She could never figure out why I could talk to someone I have seen all day in school all night, we had a great life living there on the canal with friends. We never felt unsafe, ever.

5. Sal Mercogliano:

   The widening of The Suez Canal is a smart move, the question that I have is if you widen The Suez Canal, then will vessel operators make their vessels bigger ?

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