channel synonyms

channel

n.

  1. A passageway for liquid

    conduit, tube, canal, duct, course, carrier, gutter, furrow, trough, tunnel, tideway, strait, neck, sound, race, raceway, watercourse, waterway, sluice, sluiceway, sewer, main, artery, vein, runway, ditch, trench, moat, aqueduct, canyon, cesspipe, pipe; see also way 2.

    Antonyms ridge*, crest*, dam. *

  2. The deeper portion of a river

    current, marked channel, buoyed channel, dredged channel, body of the river, flood, deep water; see also flow, water 2.

  3. A groove

    gouge, gutter, slit; see sense 1, groove.

channel

v.

route, send, direct; see lead 1, send 1.

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