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noncanal

noncanal adjective: not of or pertaining to a canal.

Adjective

noncanal (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to a canal.
    • In addition to the table given showing ocean freight rates during the canal season, a corresponding table for the noncanal season, namely, for the months from December to April, inclusive, has been prepared and is given herewith.1904 April, Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce of the United States, Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Statistics
    • Likewise, in the late Victorian Punjab, as Singh has shown, the neglect of small-scale irrigation improvements in the noncanal districts brought about increasd dependence upon rainfall and thus greater vulnerability to drought.2002, Mike Davis, Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World, page 338

Origin of noncanal

From non- + canal.

Questions about noncanal

What does noncanal mean?
Noncanal means not of or pertaining to a canal.
What part of speech is noncanal?
Noncanal is an adjective.

Words near noncanal in the dictionary

  1. noncamper
  2. noncampers
  3. noncamping
  4. noncampus
  5. nonCanadian
  6. noncanal
  7. noncanaliculate
  8. noncanalized
  9. noncancelable
  10. noncanceled
  11. noncancellable

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