English Dictionary

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
Source : opted (25503)  - auto

The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
Source : opted (25504)  - auto

A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
Source : opted (25505)  - auto

That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.
Source : opted (25506)  - auto

A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
Source : opted (25507)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (25508)  - auto

To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
Source : opted (25513)  - auto

To course through or over, as in a channel.
Source : opted (25514)  - auto