· a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"

Synonym(s): transmission_channel

Hypernym(s): transmission

· a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"

Hypernym(s): passage

· 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)

Synonym(s): groove

Hypernym(s): depression, impression, imprint

· 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; "the ship went aground in the channel"

Hypernym(s): body_of_water, water

· (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"

Synonym(s): communication_channel, line

Hypernym(s): communication, communicating

· a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"

Synonym(s): duct, epithelial_duct, canal

Hypernym(s): passage, passageway

· a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"

Synonym(s): television_channel, TV_channel

Hypernym(s): television_station, TV_station

· a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors; "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"

Synonym(s): distribution_channel

Hypernym(s): marketing

· transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"

Synonym(s): impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry

Hypernym(s): bring, convey, take

· direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience"

Hypernym(s): steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise

· send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"

Synonym(s): transmit, transfer, transport, channelize, channelise

Hypernym(s): move, displace