ship canal

English Thesaurus

1. a canal large enough for seagoing vessels (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	canal,
definition	:	long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation (noun.artifact)

instance hyponym	:	gota canal,
definition	:	a canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden (noun.artifact)

instance hyponym	:	panama canal,
definition	:	a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914) (noun.artifact)

instance hyponym	:	suez canal,
definition	:	a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea (noun.location)