channel

/tʃˈænəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

a path over which electrical signals can pass
“a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company”
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
“the fields were crossed with irrigation channels”
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 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”
(often plural) a means of communication or access
“it must go through official channels”
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
“the tear duct was obstructed”
a television station and its programs
“a satellite TV channel”
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”

verb

transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
“Sound carries well over water”
direct the flow of
“channel information towards a broad audience”
send from one person or place to another
“transmit a message”

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