English dictionary definition of:

channel


Noun

  • a path over which electrical signals can pass
  • a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
  • 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
  • (often plural) a means of communication or access
  • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
  • a television station and its programs
  • a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors

Verb

  • transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
  • direct the flow of
  • send from one person or place to another

Thesaurus

canal   canalise British English spelling   canalize American English spelling   carry   channelise   channelize   conduct   convey   duct   groove   impart   line   transfer   transmit   transport  

Spellzone course content

View spelling list The l sound after n and learn about the word channel in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 26. Word endings: -le, and exceptions e.g. al, el, ol.

Other Spellzone word lists: Communications, news

Scrabble score for channel


Scrabble score = 12

generated at 01:03:44 on 13-03-20

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