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Channel

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Definitions for Channel

noun
a path over which electrical signals can pass
Synonyms
transmission channel
Examples
  1. a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company
noun
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
Examples
  1. the fields were crossed with irrigation channels
  2. gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street
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
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
  1. the ship went aground in the channel
noun
(often plural) a means of communication or access
Synonyms
communication channel line
Examples
  1. it must go through official channels
  2. lines of communication were set up between the two firms
noun
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Synonyms
duct epithelial duct canal
Examples
  1. the tear duct was obstructed
  2. the alimentary canal
  3. poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs
noun
a television station and its programs
Synonyms
television channel TV channel
Examples
  1. a satellite TV channel
  2. surfing through the channels
  3. they offer more than one hundred channels
noun
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
Synonyms
distribution channel
Examples
  1. possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores
verb
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
Synonyms
Examples
  1. Sound carries well over water
  2. The airwaves carry the sound
  3. Many metals conduct heat
verb
direct the flow of
Examples
  1. channel information towards a broad audience
verb
send from one person or place to another
Synonyms
Examples
  1. transmit a message

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