Definition of channel

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Channel (n.) A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column..

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Offshoot :: Offshoot (n.) That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree..
Chamfer :: Chamfer (v. t.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute..
Channel :: Channel (n.) The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
Channeling :: Channeling (n.) A channel or a system of channels; a groove.
Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
Reeded :: Reeded (a.) Formed with channels and ridges like reeds.
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..
Trumpeting :: Trumpeting (n.) A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.
Stria :: Stria (n.) A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain..
Channel :: Channel (v. t.) To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
Sow :: Sow (n.) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
Levee :: Levee (v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river..
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..
Gutter :: Gutter (n.) A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
Cut :: Cut (n.) A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a 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..
Atresia :: Atresia (n.) Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.
Siphonostomatous :: Siphonostomatous (a.) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods.
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..
Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon..
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