Antonyms for channels
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : chan-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃæn l |
Definition of channels
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
- Ponds in the scrub could not easily be identified as channels.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- We are channels through which truth must flow to our patients.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Why, my Masters, it can not as much as purge its own channels.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Channels for water are formed at right angles to the ridges.
- Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous
- There is power over and behind us, and we are the channels of its communications.
- Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- And there are other pleasures, those named of Aphrodite, of which the channels are well known.
- Extract from : « Hiero » by Xenophon
- Outside, the water was streaming down the channels into the fall.
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
- But it won't be an end of it, my dear, for there are plenty of channels besides Weedon Moore.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- "There are plenty of channels," said Madame Beattie, with an unmoved authority.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- There is a big flat there cut up by channels, and it is said to be a fine ground for bonefish.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
Synonyms for channels
- 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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