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канал — meaning in English

kanal

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English meaning

  • canal noun A man-made waterway built for boats, irrigation, or drainage.
  • channel noun A stretch of water connecting two larger bodies of water, or the deeper navigable path through a body of water.
  • chase verb To run after someone or something in order to catch them.
  • drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
  • duct noun A tube, pipe, or channel that carries a gas, liquid, or cable from one place to another.
  • flute noun A woodwind instrument played by blowing air across a hole, producing sound through a long tube.
  • gorge noun A deep, narrow valley or ravine, usually with steep rocky walls and often a river running through it.
  • groove noun A long, narrow cut or channel in a surface.
  • sewer noun An underground pipe or channel that carries away waste water and sewage.
  • sump noun A pit or low point where liquid collects and drains away.

Senses

канал is used for these senses in English:

  • canal An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
  • canal (anatomy, botany) A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.
  • chase (architecture) A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
  • drain (chiefly, US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
  • duct A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
  • flute (architectural element, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
  • gorge (mechanical engineering) The groove of a pulley.
  • groove A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.

canal — full definition

  1. noun A man-made waterway built for boats, irrigation, or drainage.
  2. noun A tube-shaped passage inside the body or a plant.

channel — full definition

  1. noun A stretch of water connecting two larger bodies of water, or the deeper navigable path through a body of water.
  2. noun A specific radio or television frequency, or a station broadcasting on it.
  3. noun A means or route by which something (information, goods, communication) is transmitted.
  4. noun A dedicated space for online conversation on a topic, such as on a messaging platform.
  5. verb To direct something along a particular path or toward a particular use.

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