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channel, n.
(channels)
freq. cnt. 5
more info a path over which electrical signals can pass
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

channel transmission channel

sample sentences

"a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
channel channelize
semantic pointers
hypernym
transmission
more info a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

channel

sample sentences

"the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"
"gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
channelize
semantic pointers
hypernym
passage
hyponym
gutter, trough limbers
more info a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
<noun.act>

channel distribution channel

sample sentences

"possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"
semantic pointers
hypernym
marketing
more info a television station and its programs
<noun.artifact>

TV channel channel television channel

sample sentences

"a satellite TV channel"
"surfing through the channels"
"they offer more than one hundred channels"
semantic pointers
hypernym
television station, TV station
more info a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
<noun.body>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

canal channel duct epithelial duct

sample sentences

"the tear duct was obstructed"
"the alimentary canal"
"poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
channelize
semantic pointers
hyponym
pore spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis ductule, ductulus canaliculus canal of Schlemm, Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae venous sinus, sinus lacrimal duct, lachrymal duct, tear duct nasolacrimal duct Haversian canal hepatic duct inguinal canal, canalis inguinalis common bile duct, bile duct pancreatic duct lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel salivary duct cerebral aqueduct, Sylvian aqueduct, aqueductus cerebri ureter urethra cervical canal, canalis cervicis uteri umbilical cord, umbilical vagina epididymis vas deferens, ductus deferens seminal duct ejaculatory duct cartilaginous tube bronchiole alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract lactiferous duct
hypernym
passage, passageway
part meronym
ampulla
more info (often plural) a means of communication or access
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

channel communication channel line

sample sentences

"it must go through official channels"
"lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
channel channel channel channelize
semantic pointers
hypernym
communication, communicating
domain of synset (usage)
plural, plural form
hyponym
back channel lens liaison, contact, link, inter-group communication patter, spiel, line of gab
more info 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
<noun.object>

channel

sample sentences

"the ship went aground in the channel"
semantic pointers
instance hyponym
Harlem River English Channel Hampton Roads Mozambique Channel Windward Passage
hypernym
water, body of water
hyponym
canal gut rill strait, sound tideway watercourse
domain of synset (topic)
river
more info 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.shape>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

channel groove
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
groove groove
semantic pointers
hyponym
dado flute, fluting quirk rabbet, rebate track rut striation, stria washout
hypernym
depression, impression, imprint