canal: Meaning and Definition of

ca•nal

1. an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
2. a long narrow arm of the sea penetrating far inland.
3. a tubular passage or cavity for food, air, etc., esp. in an animal or plant; a duct.
4. channel; watercourse.
5. one of the long, narrow, dark lines on the surface of the planet Mars, as seen telescopically from the earth.

1. to make a canal through.