channel

1. A path over which electrical signals can pass (synset 106270551)
   "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
   is a type of: transmission - communication by means of transmitted signals
   same as: transmission channel
2. A passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through (synset 103009709)
   "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"
   is a type of: passage - a way through or along which someone or something may pass
   subtypes:

   • gutter, trough - a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
   • limbers - a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well
3. 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) (synset 113916479)
   is a type of: depression, impression, imprint - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
   subtypes:

   • dado - a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
   • flute, fluting - a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
   • quirk - a narrow groove beside a beading
   • rabbet, rebate - a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
   • track - a groove on a phonograph recording
   • rut - a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
   • stria, striation - any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
   • washout - the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
   same as: groove
4. 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 (synset 109264153)
   "the ship went aground in the channel"
   referred to in: river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
   is a type of: body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
   subtypes:

   • canal - (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
   • gut - a narrow channel or strait
   • rill - a small channel (as one formed by soil erosion)
   • sound, strait - a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
   • tideway - a channel in which a tidal current runs
   • watercourse - natural or artificial channel through which water flows
   specific instances:

   • harlem river - a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx
   • english channel - an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain
   • hampton roads - a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay
   • mozambique channel - an arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa
   • windward passage - a channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea
5. (often plural) a means of communication or access (synset 106270774)
   "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
   domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
   is a type of: communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
   subtypes:

   • back channel - an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government)
   • lens - (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
   • contact, inter-group communication, liaison, link - a channel for communication between groups
   • line of gab, patter, spiel - plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
   same as: communication channel, line
6. A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance (synset 105258141)
   "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
   is a type of: passage, passageway - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
   subtypes:

   • pore - any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
   • canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal - the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes
   • ductule, ductulus - a very small duct
   • canaliculus - a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants
   • canal of schlemm, schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae - a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins
   • sinus, venous sinus - a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
   • lachrymal duct, lacrimal duct, tear duct - any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands
   • nasolacrimal duct - a duct that carries tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity
   • haversian canal - any of the many tiny canals that contain blood vessels and connective tissue and that form a network in bone
   • hepatic duct - the duct that drains bile from the liver
   • canalis inguinalis, inguinal canal - oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall; in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord; in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus
   • bile duct, common bile duct - a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum
   • pancreatic duct - a duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine
   • lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel - a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation
   • salivary duct - a duct through which saliva passes from the salivary gland into the mouth
   • aqueductus cerebri, cerebral aqueduct, sylvian aqueduct - a canal connecting the third and fourth ventricles
   • ureter - either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
   • urethra - duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
   • canalis cervicis uteri, cervical canal - a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina
   • umbilical, umbilical cord - membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
   • vagina - the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
   • epididymis - a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens
   • ductus deferens, vas deferens - a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct
   • seminal duct - the efferent duct of the testis in man
   • ejaculatory duct - a part of the seminal duct formed by the duct from the seminal vesicle and the vas deferens; passes through the prostate gland
   • cartilaginous tube - a duct with cartilaginous walls
   • bronchiole - any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli
   • alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, gi tract - tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
   • lactiferous duct - ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple
   has: ampulla - the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear
   same as: canal, duct, epithelial duct
7. A television station and its programs (synset 103010002)
   "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"
   is a type of: television station, tv station - station for the production and transmission of television broadcasts
   same as: television channel, tv channel
8. A way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors (synset 101115705)
   "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"
   is a type of: marketing - the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service
   same as: distribution channel

1. Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission (synset 202084180)
   "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
   is a type of: bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
   subtypes:

   • wash up - carry somewhere (of water or current or waves)
   • pipe in - bring in through pipes
   • bring in - transmit
   • retransmit - transmit again
   same as: carry, conduct, convey, impart, transmit
   verb group:

   • carry, convey, express - serve as a means for expressing something
   • carry - be conveyed over a certain distance
2. Direct the flow of (synset 201937871)
   "channel information towards a broad audience"
   is a type of: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
3. Send from one person or place to another (synset 201438013)
   "transmit a message"
   is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
   subtypes:

   • bring, convey, fetch, get - go or come after and bring or take back
   • project - transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
   • propagate - transmit
   • translate - bring to a certain spiritual state
   • release, turn - let (something) fall or spill from a container
   • send, send out - to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
   same as: channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport

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