channel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A television or radio station and its programmes.

   There's a good film on the other channel tonight.

2. 2
   noun

   A way of sending information or communicating.

   Complaints must go through official channels.

3. 3
   noun

   A narrow stretch of water joining two larger areas.

   The ship sailed slowly through the channel.

4. 4
   verb

   To direct something towards a particular purpose or place.

   They channelled their energy into the new project.

Common collocations

• channel capacity Noun + noun
• navigable channel Adjective + noun

Named after the Channel Islands, from where settlers once came from, in the early 18th-century. The Channel Islands are located in the English Channel, a strait (channel) separating the island of Great Britain from the coast of mainland Europe.

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