NOUN | artifact | ship canal, shipway | a canal large enough for seagoing vessels |
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Meaning | A canal large enough for seagoing vessels. | |
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Synonym | shipway | |
Instances | Gota Canal | A canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden |
Panama Canal | A ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914) | |
Suez Canal | A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea | |
Broader | canal | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation |
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