{
    "term": "canal",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a long straight passage dug in the ground and filled with water for boats and ships to travel along; a smaller passage used for carrying water to fields, crops, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Panama/Suez Canal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an irrigation canal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The barge moved slowly along the canal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In Amsterdam we had a boat ride on the canals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They lived in a converted warehouse on the canal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Panama Canal was not opened until after the outbreak of the First World War."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The canal network put Birmingham at the centre of Britain's transport system in the 1780s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is important to keep the irrigation canals clear of vegetation."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Holidays", "Transport by water", "Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["drainage", "irrigation", "ship"],
                "verb + canal": ["build", "construct", "dig"],
                "canal + noun": ["barge", "boat", "bank"],
                "preposition": ["along a/​the canal", "on a/​the canal"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a tube inside the body through which liquid, food or air can pass",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Body"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈnæl/",
                "audio": "ca/canal/canal__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈnæl/",
                "audio": "ca/canal/canal__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, alteration of chanel ‘channel’, from Latin canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’, from canna ‘cane’."
}