channel

CEFRB1

/ˈt͡ʃænəl/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A passage through which water or another substance moves.

  2. 02

    noun

    A television station or a way of sending information.

Examples

  • Britain is separated from the Continent by the Channel.

  • I'd like to set it to the movie channel.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈt͡ʃænəl] ~ [ˈt͡ʃænl̩]
  • [ˈt͡ʃeə̯nəl] ~ [ˈt͡ʃeə̯nl̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.

  2. The navigable part of a river.

  3. The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.

More examples

In context

  • The first man that succeed in swimming the Channel was Captain Webb.

  • A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.

  • The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.

Synonyms

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We had to switch to another blank because the documentary was interrupted by static.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English chanel (also as canel, cannel, kanel), a borrowing from Old French chanel, canel, from Latin canālis (“groove; canal; channel”). Doublet of canal.