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1) the lower part of the food canal from below the stomach to the anus (intestine)

2) a long bridge (usually with many arches) carrying a road, railway or canal across a valley (viaduct)

3) a wall or barrier across a river or canal used to control the flow of water (weir)

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Meaning:
artery

one of the tubes carrying blood from the heart to all parts of the body

channel

channel

a stretch of water joining two seas

pathway, usually containing water

delta

the Greek letter D; land in this shape at the place where some rivers meet the sea and separate to make two or more branches

arm of the sea

ditch

a deep, long channel dug in or between fields, at the sides of a road etc, used to hold or carry off water

gulley

duct

a thin tube through which liquid in the body flows; a tube, outlet, for air (e.g. in a plane)

channel, pipe

firth

(especially in Scotland) a river estuary or sea inlet

arm of the sea

groove

a long, hollow area in the surface of a hard material, especially one made for something that slides along it, e.g. a sliding door or window

channel, indentation

inlet

a long area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water or between islands; an apparatus, place, for letting in water, gas etc

arm of the sea

loch

(Scot) a lake

arm of the sea

moat

a long, deep ditch filled with water, used round a castle etc as a defence

ditch

pipe

a tube through which liquids or gases can flow

passage, tube

trench

a deep ditch dug in the ground, e.g. for the draining of water

ditch, channel dug in earth

trough

a kind of long, open box used for animals to feed or drink from; a region of lower atmospheric pressure between two regions of higher pressure

gutter, depression

CANAL as in Wiktionary
CANAL as in Wikipedia