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canals
[kuh-nal] 
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canal
[kuh-nal]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterway |
| Synonyms: | aqueduct, bottleneck, channel, choke point, conduit, course, cove, ditch, duct, estuary, firth, trench, water, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | channel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pathway, usually containing water |
| Synonyms: | approach, aqueduct, arroyo, artery, avenue, canal, canyon, carrier, chamber, chase, conduit, course, dig, ditch, duct, fluting, furrow, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, main, means, medium, pass, passage, pipe, raceway, route, runway, sewer, slit, sound, strait, tideway, trough, tube, tunnel, vein, watercourse, way |
| Main Entry: | conduit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage |
| Synonyms: | aqueduct, cable, canal, channel, conductor, course, culvert, duct, flow, flume, gully, gutter, lead-in, lead-out, main, pipe, pipeline, race, sewer, spout, trough, tube, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path, channel |
| Synonyms: | aisle, aqueduct, boards, byway, canal, circuit, conduit, direction, duct, flow, groove, itinerary, lap, line, movement, orbit, passage, range, road, route, run, rut, scope, stream, tack, track, trail, trajectory, watercourse, way |
| Main Entry: | culvert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ditch for flow of water |
| Synonyms: | canal, channel, conduit, drain, duct, gutter, pipe, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | ditch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gulley |
| Synonyms: | canal, channel, chase, cut, dike, drain, excavation, furrow, gutter, mine, moat, trench, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | duct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel, pipe |
| Synonyms: | aqueduct, canal, conduit, course, funnel, passage, tube, vessel, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | groove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel, indentation |
| Synonyms: | canal, corrugation, crease, crimp, cut, cutting, depression, ditch, flute, fluting, furrow, gouge, gutter, hollow, incision, notch, pucker, rabbet, rut, scallop, score, scratch, slit, trench, valley |
| Main Entry: | inlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm of the sea |
| Synonyms: | basin, bay, bayou, bight, canal, channel, cove, creek, delta, entrance, estuary, firth, fjord, gulf, harbor, ingress, loch, narrows, passage, slew, slough, sound, strait |
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