Helen Fenton

Canal: Definition and part of speech

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Canal

  1. n. A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.
  2. n. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Canard: Definition and part of speech

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Canard

  1. n. An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Canary: Definition and part of speech

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Canary

  1. a. Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.
  3. n. A canary bird.
  4. n. A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.
  5. n. A quick and lively dance.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.