channel
1. [ noun ] (electricity) a path over which electrical signals can pass
Synonyms: transmission_channel
Examples:

"a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"

Related terms: transmission band conduct
2. [ verb ] transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images
Synonyms: carry transmit conduct convey
Examples:

"Sound carries well over water" "The airwaves carry the sound" "Many metals conduct heat"

Related terms: bring retransmit bring_in pipe_in wash_up carry carry conduction transmission conductor carry carrier_wave conductor
3. [ noun ] a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
Synonyms: conduit
Examples:

"the fields were crossed with irrigation channels" "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"

Related terms: passage tube gutter sluice flue limbers canal spillway millrace duct watercourse waterspout aqueduct channelize
4. [ verb ] (transportation) direct the flow of; also used abstractly, as of money or information
Synonyms: canalise canalize
Related terms: steer duct channelization canal
5. [ noun ] (television) a television station and its programs
Synonyms: tv_channel television_channel
Examples:

"a satellite TV channel" "surfing through the channels" "they offer more than one hundred channels"

Related terms: television_station
6. [ noun ] (often plural) a means of communication or access
Synonyms: line communication_channel
Examples:

"it must go through official channels" "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"

Related terms: communication liaison back_channel lens plural transmit
7. [ noun ] (nautical,geography) a relatively narrow body of water linking two larger bodies
Synonyms: strait sound
Examples:

"the ship went aground in the channel"

Related terms: body_of_water strait narrow watercourse East_River Korean_Strait Strait_of_Messina rill Bering_Strait Bosporus Strait_of_Gibraltar tideway Strait_of_Hormuz Strait_of_Magellan English_Channel canal Harlem_River golden_gate hampton_roads menai_strait solent strait_of_georgia pas-de-calais cook_strait kattegatt north_channel skagerak torres_strait Dardanelles
8. [ verb ] send from one person or place to another
Synonyms: transfer transmit channelize channelise transport
Examples:

"transmit a message"

Related terms: move bring send project release turn translate propagate transportation transmission transportation conveyance duct transfer channelization transferer sender
9. [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Synonyms: duct epithelial_duct canal
Examples:

"the tear duct was obstructed" "the alimentary canal" "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"

Related terms: passage bronchiole pore ductule pancreatic_duct canaliculus lacrimal_duct hepatic_duct common_bile_duct ejaculatory_duct cartilaginous_tube salivary_duct lymph_vessel cerebral_aqueduct urethra cervical_canal umbilical_cord vagina epididymis vas_deferens seminal_duct ureter venous_sinus spinal_canal alimentary_canal canal_of_schlemm nasolacrimal_duct haversian_canal canalis_inguinalis lactiferous_duct ampulla transmit
10. [ noun ] (business) a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
Synonyms: distribution_channel
Examples:

"possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"

Related terms: marketing
11. [ noun ] 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
Examples:

"the ship went aground in the channel"

Related terms: body_of_water Harlem_River rill tideway English_Channel canal watercourse hampton_roads mozambique_channel windward_passage river
12. [ noun ] 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)
Synonyms: groove
Related terms: depression stria rut rabbet flute dado quirk washout track furrow
13. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 14378
14. [ noun ] a facility where something is available
Synonyms: source distribution_channel
Related terms: facility golconda gold_mine source
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