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    canal
    ca‧nal /kəˈnæl/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1400-1500
     Language: Latin
     Origin: canalis 'pipe, channel', from canna; ⇨ cane1
    a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place:
        We walked along by the side of the canal.
        the Panama Canal
        by canal
        The goods were transported by canal to London.
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ river a line of water that flows into the sea: They crossed the river by ferry. | the River Tweed | the Yangtze river
       ▪ tributary a stream or river that flows into a larger river: The River Trombetas is a tributary of the River Amazon.
       ▪ estuary the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea: plans to build a big new airport on the Thames estuary
       ▪ canal a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place: Venice’s famous canals | a canal boat
       ▪ delta an area of low land where a river spreads into many smaller rivers near the sea: the Nile delta