Collocations for "canal"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "canal" in context.
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canal
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [a man-made, an inland, an irrigation] canal
- the canals of [Venice, Amsterdam, Holland, Finland, London]
- a [Venice, Dutch] canal
- the [Suez, Panama] Canal
- [transported, shipped, traveled] by canal
- navigated the [barge, ship] [up, down, along] the canal
- a [bridge, footbridge, footpath] over the canal
- The canal was filled with [barges].
- the [tympanic, urinary, ear] canal
- [stuck, wedged] in the ear canal
- have a root canal (done)
- a canal [barge, boat]
- undergo root-canal [treatment, surgery]
- an ear-canal infection
'canal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):