channel
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈtʃænəl/
- After the heavy rain, the river carved a new channel through the valley.
- create a channel
- channel geomorphology
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- 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.
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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
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2.3
A long narrow opening or cut in something
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3.7
A long narrow cut or channel in a surface
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6.1
A long narrow opening or channel made in the ground
Compounds
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A narrow part of the sea that lies between southern England and northern France
- Specialized
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3.4
A way to send information between people, groups, or devices
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4.2
A way a company gets products to customers, like stores or online shops
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3.5
A freshwater fish with whisker-like feelers common in North America and often eaten
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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
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6.1
Largest amount of data a channel can send without errors, usually measured in bits per second
A national park on islands off southern California with many sea birds and marine life
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5.6
A narrow sea passage between Northern Ireland and Scotland linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea
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6.7
A large catfish with bluish gray skin and a forked tail that lives in rivers like the Mississippi
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A large freshwater catfish with long whiskers and blue-gray color that lives in the Mississippi River
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.