Channel Definition
chănəl
channeled, channeling, channelled, channelling, channels
noun
channels
The bed of a running stream, river, etc.
Webster's New World
The deeper part of a river, harbor, etc.
Webster's New World
A broad strait, especially one that connects two seas.
American Heritage
A body of water joining two larger bodies of water.
Webster's New World
A tubelike passage for liquids.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- line
- communication channel
- groove
- transmission channel
- canal
- epithelial-duct
- duct
- TV channel
- television-channel
- distribution-channel
- seaway
- spillway
- sinus
- meatus
- hollow
verb
channeled, channeling, channelled, channelling, channels
To make a channel or channels in.
Webster's New World
To flute (a pillar, column, etc.)
Webster's New World
To direct or guide along some desired course.
Channels her curiosity into research; channel young people into good jobs.
American Heritage
To send through a channel.
Webster's New World
To serve as a medium for (a spirit) in channeling.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(by ellipsis) The English Channel.
Wiktionary
Origin of Channel
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From Old French chenel (French: canal, chenal), from Latin canalis
From Wiktionary
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Middle English chanel from Old French from Latin canālis canal
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Alteration of obsolete chainwale chain wale
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From chainwale
From Wiktionary
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