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Meaning of 'channel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Channel [ n.]
- The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
- The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
- A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
- That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.
- A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
- Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
2 . Channel [ v. t.]
- To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
- To course through or over, as in a channel.

Meaning of 'channel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . channel [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a path over which electrical signals can pass
Example in sentence:
  • a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company
Meaning (2):
- a television station and its programs
Example in sentence:
  • a satellite TV channel;
  • surfing through the channels;
  • they offer more than one hundred channels
Meaning (3):
- a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
Example in sentence:
  • gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street;
  • the fields were crossed with irrigation channels
Meaning (4):
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
Example in sentence:
  • it must go through official channels;
  • lines of communication were set up between the two firms
Meaning (5):
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Example in sentence:
  • poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs;
  • the alimentary canal;
  • the tear duct was obstructed
Meaning (6):
- a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
Example in sentence:
  • possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores
Meaning (7):
- 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 in sentence:
  • the ship went aground in the channel
8 . channel [ v]
Meaning (8):
- direct the flow of
Example in sentence:
  • channel information towards a broad audience
Meaning (9):
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
Example in sentence:
  • Many metals conduct heat;
  • Sound carries well over water;
  • The airwaves carry the sound
Meaning (10):
- send from one person or place to another
Example in sentence:
  • transmit a message

Nearby Words:

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