channel
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈtʃænəl/
:
canal (de agua)
- Beyond the island was a wide, muddy-brown channel, the northernmost arm of the great river.
- shipping channels
- main channel
- river channel
So in my head I've swam the channel to get to this age.
- So in my head I've swam the channel to get to this age.
- This is a huge chapter of the channel right here behind me on this backyard pond.
- There was one obvious prominent slipway in to the channel closest to the camp.
- Yangtze The moon glimmers in the brown channel.
- They don't care the big tankers flying down the English Channel.
- So now imagine a channel that has two wells and one bubble.
- So now we have this little channel here.
Examples
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Masons built intersecting walkways, pools and channels of water to weave through the lush greenery.
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I'm gonna need you to drift through that channel over there.
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But then they also travel through this little channel out through here.
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Though it was not as strong as the pull of the other channel, it moved them along.
Fiction book (1990) -
The safe channel is clearly marked.
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Prepare to take us into the channel.
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This is the island of St. Jack Wood, extending far north from Land's End along the deep water channel that leads to Broken Rock.
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Between the two fleets were Shoals, with a narrow channel being the only path through.
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Their access routes up and down riverbanks form natural channels for rainwater runoff.
Academic text (2011) -
The sailors navigated carefully through the narrow channel to reach the harbor.
Synonyms
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1.4
A small natural stream of water that often flows into a river
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2.5
A way for people or things to move through
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2.0
A man-made water channel for boats and for watering fields
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2.3
A river, canal, or channel that boats use to travel
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4.5
A small fast stream of water in the countryside
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6.1
A long narrow opening or channel made in the ground
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8.9
A narrow channel of water with strong currents where boats pass
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6.8
A pipe under a road or railway that lets water flow
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5.0
A narrow passage of water joining two larger seas or oceans
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3.2
A narrow channel dug in the ground that carries away extra water
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3.3
A narrow channel dug to bring water to fields for farming
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8.6
A tiny stream of water that flows across the ground
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4.8
A channel, natural or man-made, where water flows like a river
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8.2
A small narrow stream of water that flows across the land
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7.5
A channel that directs water to turn a mill wheel
A narrow entrance that connects a bay or lagoon to the sea
The natural channel that a river follows through the land
Compounds
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2.6
A narrow part of the sea that lies between southern England and northern France
- Specialized
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4.2
A way a company gets products to customers, like stores or online shops
- Specialized
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3.4
A way to send information between people, groups, or devices
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3.5
A freshwater fish with whisker-like feelers common in North America and often eaten
- Specialized
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5.2
A medicine that reduces calcium entering the heart and blood vessels to treat high blood pressure and chest pain
- Specialized
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6.1
Largest amount of data a channel can send without errors, usually measured in bits per second
A large freshwater catfish with long whiskers and blue-gray color that lives in the Mississippi River
A large catfish with bluish gray skin and a forked tail that lives in rivers like the Mississippi
A national park on islands off southern California with many sea birds and marine life
A narrow sea passage between Northern Ireland and Scotland linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Channel comes from the old Latin word canalis, meaning 'pipe' or 'waterway', and originally named a path for water to flow. That is why a water channel is a deep, narrow way that boats use or that lets water pass through.