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How to pronounce “canal”
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Pronunciation guide for canal
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of canal with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- TED Talks Daily Book Club: Talk to Me
retake the Panama Canal, when Trump
- Definition summary
- An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
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How to pronounce canal
TED Talks Daily Book Club: Talk to Me

retake the Panama Canal, when Trump
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “canal”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
- (anatomy, botany) A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.
- (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals
- [Verb]
- To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
- To travel along a canal by boat
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