channel
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈtʃænəl/
:
cauce (de río)
- After the heavy rain, the river carved a new channel through the valley.
- create a channel
- channel geomorphology
But when you make a channel like this, you are somewhat limited.
- But when you make a channel like this, you are somewhat limited.
Examples
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Inverted V-shaped channels made of wood slats and window screen hug the silo's wall.
Academic text (1995) -
The wind blew a mist of rain along the tracks, the rails glistening like channels of running water.
Academic text (1994) -
The soft sand walls of the channel gave way easily under his hands, and he quickly covered the bike.
Fiction book (1991) -
So using my mill and a high speed bit, I'm going to create a channel in the face of this key.
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How roots create a stable channel when growing in the soil.
Academic text (2011) -
So I would like to carve a channel in it like that.
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A homemade bow guide for bass that provides a channel for the bow to travel in can help students with poor wrist control.
Academic text (2006) -
There's some natural curves in this dragon and some channels I had to create extra just to fit this wire.
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And today I need to sew in a channel into some nylon sailcloth, which is effectively just a nylon canvas.
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Grit causes wear on pumps, clogs pipes and channels, and can take up valuable space in the sludge digestion tanks.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
41
3.7
A long narrow cut or channel in a surface
34
2.3
A long narrow opening or cut in something
26
6.1
A long narrow opening or channel made in the ground
Compounds
9
2.6
A narrow part of the sea that lies between southern England and northern France
- Specialized
5
4.2
A way a company gets products to customers, like stores or online shops
- Specialized
3
3.4
A way to send information between people, groups, or devices
1
3.5
A freshwater fish with whisker-like feelers common in North America and often eaten
- Specialized
1
5.2
A medicine that reduces calcium entering the heart and blood vessels to treat high blood pressure and chest pain
- Specialized
1
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 Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Channel comes from the old Latin word canalis, meaning 'pipe' or 'waterway', which suggests a long, narrow track that guides movement. That is why a groove or record channel is a narrow path that guides a needle or a flow of water.