HyperDic: ship_canal

English > 1 sense of the expression ship canal:
NOUNartifactship canal, shipwaya canal large enough for seagoing vessels
English > ship canal: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA canal large enough for seagoing vessels.
Synonymshipway
InstancesGota CanalA canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden
Panama CanalA ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)
Suez CanalA ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
Broadercanallong and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation

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