CANALS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation

Part of speech: Noun

a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

Example: the tear duct was obstructed; the alimentary canal; poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs

Part of speech: Noun

(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels

Example: they are now believed to be an optical illusion

Part of speech: Verb

provide (a city) with a canal