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channel UK US [ˈtʃæn. ə l] noun countable [ channels ]

TELEVISION

1. <E > a television station
• a cable/terrestrial channel
• a music/movie/news/shopping/sports channel
• the news on Channel 4
• She switched/turned to another channel to watch the football.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Television

• The commentary on the Olympic games was much better on the other channel.
• Press this button and the video will automatically tune itself to the next channel.
• Where's the gadget that you change channels with?
• This channel is only available on cable.
• We really don't need a dedicated sports channel as we don't watch much sport.

PASSAGE

2. <A > a passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water which is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along
• There are drainage/irrigation channels all over this flat agricultural land.
• The boats all have to pass through this narrow channel.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Navigation and shipwrecks ↑Bays and gulfs ↑Coasts and beaches
3. the (English) Channel
the area of sea which separates England from France
• We're going to have a day-trip across the Channel.
• We took the car to France overnight on a (cross-)channel ferry.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Seas and oceans

• The rain ran down a small channel into the river.
• We swam through the channel into the harbour.
• They dug large channels to drain the fields.

AIRPORT/PORT
4. a route or way out of an airport or port where travellers' bags are examined
• If you have nothing to declare, go through the green channel.
• Goods to declare - use the red channel.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Pedestrian routes

COMMUNICATING
5. a way of communicating with people or getting something done
• We must open the channels of communication between the two countries.
• The government pursued every diplomatic/official channel to free the hostages.
• Complaints should be made through the proper/usual channels.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Ways of achieving things

verb transitive [ -ll- ] or [US USUALLY -l- ]
to direct something into a particular place or situation
• Ditches were constructed to channel water away from the buildings.
• If she could only channel all that energy into something useful.
• A lot of money has been channelled into research in that particular field.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Controlling and being in charge