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Channel
see synonyms of channelNoun
1. channel, transmission channel
a path over which electrical signals can pass
Example Sentences:'a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company'
2. channel
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
Example Sentences:'the fields were crossed with irrigation channels''gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street'
3. channel, groove
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
4. channel
a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
Example Sentences:'the ship went aground in the channel'
5. channel, communication channel, line
(often plural) a means of communication or access
Example Sentences:'it must go through official channels''lines of communication were set up between the two firms'
6. canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Example Sentences:'the tear duct was obstructed''the alimentary canal''poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs'
7. channel, television channel, tv channel
a television station and its programs
Example Sentences:'a satellite TV channel''surfing through the channels''they offer more than one hundred channels'
8. channel, distribution channel
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
Example Sentences:'possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores'
Verb
9. carry, channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
Example Sentences:'Sound carries well over water''The airwaves carry the sound''Many metals conduct heat'
10. canalise, canalize, channel
direct the flow of
Example Sentences:'channel information towards a broad audience'
11. channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport
send from one person or place to another
Example Sentences:'transmit a message'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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