- the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- a navigable route between two bodies of water.
- the deeper part of a waterway.
- a wide strait, as between a continent and an island.
- a course into which something may be directed: He hoped to direct the conversation to a new channel.
- a route through which anything passes or progresses: channels of trade.
- the specific, prescribed, or official course or means of communication: In an emergency he was able to reach the governor without going through channels.
- a groove or furrow.
- a means of access: He considers the Senate a channel to the White House.
- Architecture.
- a flute in a column, especially one having no fillet between it and other flutes.
- any of the prominent vertical grooves in a triglyph.
- (in jazz or popular music) a bridge.
- a frequency band of sufficient width for one- or two-way communication from or to a transmitter used for television, radio, CB radio, telephone, or telegraph communication.
- a path for the transfer of signals or data within a computer or between a computer and its peripheral equipment.
- Digital Technology.
- feed (def. 23): Learn how to create your own web channel.
- a web page or website that distributes frequently updated content by means of a feed: Subscribe to my YouTube channel.
- either of the two signals in stereophonic or any single signal in multichannel sound recording and reproduction.
- a transient opening made by a protein embedded in a cell membrane, permitting passage of specific ions or molecules into or out of the cell: calcium channel.
- a tubular passage for liquids or fluids.
- Building Trades.
- any structural member, as one of reinforced concrete, having the form of three sides of a rectangle.
- a number of such members: channel in 100-foot lengths.
- channel iron.
- to convey through or as through a channel: He channeled the information to us.
- to direct toward or into some particular course: to channel one's interests.
- to excavate as a channel.
- to form a channel in; groove.
- to professedly reach or convey messages from (a spiritual guide) by entering a meditative or trancelike state.
- to imitate the ideas, appearance, etc., of (a person or thing that is admired): At times he seems to be channeling the late Michael Jackson’s vocal stylings.
- to become marked by a channel: Soft earth has a tendency to channel during a heavy rain.
- a horizontal timber or ledge built outboard from the side of a sailing vessel to spread shrouds and backstays outward.
- a broad strait connecting two areas of sea
- the bed or course of a river, stream, or canal
- a navigable course through a body of water
- a means or agency of access, communication, etc
- a course into which something can be directed or moved
- electronics
- a band of radio frequencies assigned for a particular purpose, esp the broadcasting of a television signal
- a path for an electromagnetic signal
- a thin semiconductor layer between the source and drain of a field-effect transistor, the conductance of which is controlled by the gate voltage
- a tubular or trough-shaped passage for fluids
- a groove or flute, as in the shaft of a column
- computing
- a path along which data can be transmitted between a central processing unit and one or more peripheral devices
- one of the lines along the length of a paper tape on which information can be stored in the form of punched holes
- short for channel iron
- to provide or be provided with a channel or channels; make or cut channels in (something)
- to guide into or convey through a channel or channels
- to serve as a medium through whom the spirit of (a person of a former age) allegedly communicates with the living
- to exhibit the traits of (another person) in one’s actions
- to form a groove or flute in (a column, etc)
- a flat timber or metal ledge projecting from the hull of a vessel above the chainplates to increase the angle of the shrouds
- the Channel short for English Channel
