channels

Noun

channel (plural channels)

1. The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
   • The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.
2. The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
   • A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.
3. The navigable part of a river.
   • We were careful to keep our boat in the channel.
4. A narrow body of water between two land masses.
   • The English Channel lies between France and England.

   Synonyms:

   passage

5. Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
   • The news was conveyed to us by different channels.
6. An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.

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