canal
n. countablen. an artificial river built for boats to travel through or to move water to dry land. You often see them in cities or connecting two large bodies of water.
n. an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation. In anatomical contexts, it refers to a tubular passage or duct for fluids or air.
The boat travels slowly down the narrow canal.
The city built a new canal to improve trade and transport goods more efficiently to the coast.
Engineers designed the canal with a series of locks to manage the significant elevation changes between the two river systems, ensuring safe passage for heavy cargo vessels.
Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of channel.
Commonly used with 'through' or 'along' to describe movement.