Antonyms for channel
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : chan-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃæn l |
Definition of channel
Origin :- early 14c., "bed of running water," from Old French chanel "bed of a waterway; tube, pipe, gutter," from Latin canalis "groove, channel, waterpipe" (see canal). Given a broader, figurative sense 1530s (of information, commerce, etc.); meaning "circuit for telegraph communication" (1848) probably led to that of "band of frequency for radio or TV signals" (1928). The Channel Islands are the French ÃŽles Anglo-Normandes.
- noun pathway, usually containing water
- noun means
- verb direct, guide
- Martin smiled cynically as he let his thoughts drift along this channel.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- On the other side of the Channel a vast literature on the subject has sprung up.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Next morning, however, we saw her at anchor in the channel that leads to Kingston.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- This was blocking the channel, and there was no more chance for getting off in that way.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Agreeing to this plan they crossed the channel and camped at Klu-quilth-coose.
- Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael
- The least fissure in the latter would have inundated the channel.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
- In them do the common occupations of life find niche and channel.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- In the Channel Islands bodies were often placed in a kneeling position.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- Miss Manette, had you any conversation with the prisoner on that passage across the Channel?
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Frank did not know the channel, and he had to trust to luck.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
Synonyms for channel
- agency
- agent
- approach
- aqueduct
- arroyo
- artery
- avenue
- canal
- canyon
- carrier
- carry
- chamber
- chase
- conduct
- conduit
- convey
- course
- dig
- ditch
- duct
- fluting
- funnel
- furrow
- gouge
- groove
- gully
- gutter
- instrument
- instrumentality
- instrumentation
- main
- means
- medium
- ministry
- organ
- pass
- passage
- pipe
- raceway
- route
- runway
- send
- sewer
- siphon
- slit
- sound
- strait
- tideway
- traject
- transmit
- transport
- trough
- tube
- tunnel
- vehicle
- vein
- watercourse
- way
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