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tube(noun, line, thing, way, opening)
5
strait(noun, sound, thing, course, means)
5
groove(noun, line, way, course, means)
5
moat(noun, drain, ditch, channel, pit)
5
passageway for liquid
5
sluice(noun, conduit)
4
gully(noun, opening, ditch, channel, pit)
4
cut(noun, line, drain, method, ditch)
4
arroyo
4
canalise
4
epithelial duct(noun, expression, idiom)
4
flute(noun, cut, line, channel, indentation)
4
furrow(noun, line, drain, means, ditch)
4
narrows(noun, sound, passage, mouth, outlet)
4
rut(noun, line, way, drain, track)
4
vessel(noun, opening, channel, cylinder, pipe)
3
artery(noun, channel, conduit)
3
dado(noun, groove)
3
dike(drain, ditch, channel, pit, conduit)
3
water(noun, waterway)
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