channel
/ˈt͡ʃeə̯nəl/noun, verb2 syllables
Channel means: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.
Synonyms for channel20
noun, as in a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
noun, as in (often plural) a means of communication or access
noun, as in a television station and its programs
noun, as in a path over which electrical signals can pass
noun, as in a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
noun, as in a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
verb, as in transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
What does channel mean?11
verb
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission“Sound carries well over water”
send from one person or place to another“transmit a message”
direct the flow of“channel information towards a broad audience”
noun
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance“the tear duct was obstructed”
(often plural) a means of communication or access“it must go through official channels”
a television station and its programs“a satellite TV channel”
a path over which electrical signals can pass“a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company”
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors“possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores”
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through“the fields were crossed with irrigation channels”
a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels“the ship went aground in the channel”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with channel?2
two syllables
Channel in a sentence
- I wanted to change the channel, but my wife didn't let me.frpzzd
- Change the channel, please; that music is unbearable.LB
- Change the channel, because this documentary is very boring.Nylez
- I learned to channel my road rage into cold, calculating road revenge.DJ_Saidez
- I wanted to switch the channel, but my wife wouldn't let me.unknown
- After eight years of work, a channel had been gouged through the mountain.CM
- When you talk like that, you sound like you're channeling your father.AlanF_US
- That television channel gives up to the minute news.owlielovesbooks
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of channel
as a noun
- plural
- channels
as a verb
- past tense
- channeled
- past participle
- channelled
- present participle
- channeling
- third-person singular
- channels