Definition of channel

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Channel (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels..

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Constipate :: Constipate (v. t.) To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels..
Groove :: Groove (v. t.) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
Stool :: Stool (n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays..
Furrow :: Furrow (n.) To mark with channels or with wrinkles.
Buoy :: Buoy (n.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc..
Excavate :: Excavate (v. t.) To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel..
Offshoot :: Offshoot (n.) That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree..
Furrow :: Furrow (n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age..
Corona :: Corona (n.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column..
Irrigate :: Irrigate (v. t.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels..
Gutter :: Gutter (n.) A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
Gouge :: Gouge (n.) A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood..
By-pass :: By-pass (n.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course..
Channel :: Channel (n.) A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column..
Aqueduct :: Aqueduct (n.) A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water..
Channel :: Channel (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels..
Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon..
Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding..
Arterial :: Arterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad..
Flute :: Flute (v. i.) A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n..
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