Definition of Ship canal

1. Noun. A canal large enough for seagoing vessels.

Exact synonyms: Shipway
Generic synonyms: Canal
Specialized synonyms: Gota Canal, Panama Canal, Suez Canal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ship Canal

ship's chandler
ship's company
ship's cousin
ship's galley
ship's officer
ship's papers
ship-breaker
ship-building
ship-buildings
ship-rigged
ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system
ship beriberi
ship biscuit
ship broker
ship builder
ship canal (current term)
ship chandler
ship fever
ship money
ship of the line
ship of war
ship out
ship rat
ship rats
ship route
shipboard
shipboard duty
shipboard soldier
shipboard system
shipboards

Literary usage of Ship canal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Rept. on construction of ship canal betw. Buzzard's Bay and Barnstable Bay. ... Reasons why resolve re. ship canal to connect Barnstable Bay with Buzzard's ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Apart from the Manchester ship canal, canal- traffic plays an important part in the industrial region. ..."

3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1914)
"Illustrates and describes details of a ship canal to connect tidal waters ... Proposed Rhine-North Sea ship canal. Information concerning two schemes under ..."

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