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DictionarychannelWater passage
noun / verb

channel

CHAN-ul/ˈtʃænl/

A passage directing a flow from one place to another.

Water flows through the narrow channel between rocky banks.

A narrow natural channel between two rocky banks visibly carries water from a wider upstream pool into a wider downstream pool.
Etymology
channelLatingroove, waterpipe

A canalis carried water along a defined passage. That physical image broadened into anything through which something passes or is transmitted, including information.

In context

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each fuel assembly is positioned in its own vertical pressure tube 7 m long each channel is individually cooled by pressurized water
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More examples

  • The office uses a secure channel for the message.
  • The channel broadcasts local news each evening.
  • She channeled her energy into the project.

Forms

channel · channels · channeled · channeling

Similar words

waterway
Any navigable or flowing water route.
canal
An artificial water channel.