channel

channel

noun

Definition of CHANNEL

1

an open man-made passageway for water <water was drained from the swamp through a specially constructed channel>

Synonyms aqueduct, canal, conduit, course, flume, racecourse, raceway, watercourse, waterway

Related Words millrace, millstream; floodway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway; swash, tideway, torrent; gutter, trough; river, rivulet, stream

2

a narrow body of water between two land masses <the world record for swimming the channel between France and Great Britain>

Synonyms narrows, neck, sound, strait

Related Words arm, bay, gulf, inlet; roads, roadstead; reach, stretch

3

a direct way of passing along information or supplies <you need to make arrangements through the proper channels>

Synonyms channel

Related Words avenue, conduit, route; grapevine, outlet; fountainhead, origin, source, wellspring; supplier; connection, contact

4

a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas) <had to replace the main water channel>

Synonyms channel, conduit, duct, leader, line, penstock, trough, tube

Related Words drain, drainpipe, funnel, hydrant, main, smokestack, spout, standpipe, stovepipe, tile, waste pipe, waterspout; pipage (or pipeage), pipeline, piping

5

a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead <the channel went into a trance and began speaking in what was purported to be the voice of the deceased woman>

Synonyms channel, medium, psychic, spiritist, spiritualist

Related Words clairvoyant; mentalist, mind reader, telepath; sensitive