Definition of channel

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Channel (n.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel..

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Race :: Race (n.) A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney..
Furrow :: Furrow (n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age..
Cut :: Cut (n.) A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad..
Gutter :: Gutter (n.) A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water..
Levee :: Levee (v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river..
Conduct :: Conduct (n.) That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course..
Channeling :: Channeling (n.) A channel or a system of channels; a groove.
Streamlet :: Streamless (a.) Destitute of streams, or of a stream, as a region of country, or a dry channel..
Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar..
Runway :: Runway (n.) The channel of a stream.
Gullet :: Gullet (n.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons..
Sulciform :: Sulcation (n.) A channel or furrow.
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator.
Sluiceway :: Sluiceway (n.) An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery..
Kill :: Kill (n.) A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc..
Geat :: Geat (n.) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting.
Runner :: Runner (n.) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel..
Channeling :: Channeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Channe.
Stool :: Stool (n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays..
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