Definition:
				
				
				- (n.) The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
 
				
				- (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
 
				
				- (n.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
 
				
				- (n.) That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.
 
				
				- (n.) A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
 
				
				- (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
 
				
				- (v. t.) To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
 
				
				- (v. t.) To course through or over, as in a channel.
 
				
				
			
			
			
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			channel vs. program
			
			
			
			
			
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			channel vs. charnel
			
			
			
			
			
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			channel vs. creek
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. pathway
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. programme
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. infuse
			
			
			
			
			
			burden vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. win
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. trench
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. tunnel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. meander
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. lane
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. gurt
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. killesse
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. revoice
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. cullis
			
			
			
			
			
			alveus vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. tideway
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. meros
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. clough
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. pipe
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. corridor
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. path
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. content
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. media
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. moral
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. deviate
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. stream
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. torrent
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. straight
			
			
			
			
			
			broadcast vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. fretum
			
			
			
			
			
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			channel vs. monophonic
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. jupe
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. swash
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. waterway
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. sluiceway
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. pursue
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. mediums
			
			
			
			
			
			chance vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			anastomosis vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. reduct
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. fairway
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. emissary
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. roust
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. flume
			
			
			
			
			
			avulsion vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. groove
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. culvert
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. conduit
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. trumpeting
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. waterspout
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. washout
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. striation
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. gutter
			
			
			
			
			
			anfractuosity vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. gully
			
			
			
			
			
			buoy vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. fuller
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. shroud
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. gunwale
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. wale
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. presentation
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. theatrical
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. personality
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. historic
			
			
			
			
			
			assume vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. flow
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. direct
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. strait
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. sound
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. passage
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. obsolete
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. pump
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. turbine
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. track
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. transmit
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. specific
			
			
			
			
			
			band vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. frequency
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. protocol
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. spectral
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. separation
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. transmission
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. signal
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. parallel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. electrical
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. convey
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. sink
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. source
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. connect
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. circuit
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. connection
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. narrow
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. navigable
			
			
			
			
			
			body vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. water
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. shallow
			
			
			
			
			
			bay vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			bar vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. reef
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. course
			
			
			
			
			
			bank vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. consist
			
			
			
			
			
			bed vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. slough
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. river
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. physical
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. confine
			
			
			
			
			
			aqueduct vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			bifurcation vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. rabbet
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. levee
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. gouge
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. gullet
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. truncheon
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. station
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. grip
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. chase
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. part
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. geat
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. dial
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. sleeve
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. sow
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. medium
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. operator
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. chop
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. side
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. con
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. lake
			
			
			
			
			
			canal vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. lead
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. voice
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. duct
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. shuttle
			
			
			
			
			
			carrier vs. channel
			
			
			
			
			
			channel vs. demonstration