Channel

Quick meaning: Channel is a noun meaning The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.

Meaning

The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.

More Meanings

1. The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
2. The navigable part of a river.
3. A narrow body of water between two land masses.
4. Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
5. (biochemistry) An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.
6. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
7. (construction, mechanical engineering) A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.

Example Sentences

We were careful to keep our boat in the channel.

The news was conveyed to us by different channels.

The English Channel lies between France and England.

A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.

Word Forms

• channels
• channeling
• channelling
• channeled
• channelled

Synonyms for channel

Depending on context, synonyms include passage, strait, side, station, groove, gutter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include channelize, canalize, canal, conduit, duct, carry.

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