noun
a path over which electrical signals can pass
Synonyms
transmission channel
Examples
- a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company
noun
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
Examples
- the fields were crossed with irrigation channels
- 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
- the ship went aground in the channel
noun
(often plural) a means of communication or access
Synonyms
communication channel
line
Examples
- it must go through official channels
- 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
Examples
- the tear duct was obstructed
- the alimentary canal
- poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs
noun
a television station and its programs
Synonyms
television channel
TV channel
Examples
- a satellite TV channel
- surfing through the channels
- 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
- 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
- Sound carries well over water
- The airwaves carry the sound
- Many metals conduct heat
verb
direct the flow of
Examples
- channel information towards a broad audience
verb
send from one person or place to another
Synonyms
Examples
- transmit a message