canal: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with C · ends with L
Meaning of canal
noun
An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.
One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals
Listed forms: canals.
Source: Wiktionary — canal.
verb
To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
To travel along a canal by boat
Listed forms: canals, canalling, canalled.
Source: Wiktionary — canal.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
verb
provide (a city) with a canal
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is canal in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of canal
C(3) + A(1) + N(1) + A(1) + L(1) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of canal
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from canal
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