ship canal

Synonyms:

shipway

Examples:

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

Type of:

canal

long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation