CHANNEL
(noun) a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
"possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"
synonyms : distribution channel(noun) a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
"the fields were crossed with irrigation channels", "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"
(noun) a television station and its programs
"a satellite TV channel", "surfing through the channels", "they offer more than one hundred channels"
synonyms : television channel , tv channel(noun) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
"the tear duct was obstructed", "the alimentary canal", "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
synonyms : canal , duct , epithelial duct(noun) a path over which electrical signals can pass
"a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
synonyms : transmission channel(noun) (often plural) a means of communication or access
"it must go through official channels", "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
synonyms : communication channel , line(noun) a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
"the ship went aground in the channel"
(noun) a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
synonyms : groove(verb) send from one person or place to another
"transmit a message"
synonyms : channelise , channelize , transfer , transmit , transport(verb) direct the flow of
"channel information towards a broad audience"
synonyms : canalise , canalize(verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
"Sound carries well over water", "The airwaves carry the sound", "Many metals conduct heat"
synonyms : carry , conduct , convey , impart , transmit
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


