channels

Remote control destinations

Channels are pathways for flow or transmission.

Water moves through river channels; television broadcasts arrive through channels.

A channel can be a frequency band, a means of communication diplomatic channels, or a groove that guides movement.

To channel is to direct flow: She channeled her anger into activism.

A medium channels spirits.

The Channel, unmodified, usually means the English Channel.

broadcast

television

Broadcast viewing device

station · frequency · programming · viewer · lineup · surfing · remote · spectrum · bandwidth · tuner

communication

medium

Middle size or state

message · information · feedback · contact · outreach · liaison · intermediary · ambassador · envoy · diplomatic

waterway

strait

Constricted marine passage

harbor · navigation · dredging · lock · sluice · shipping · buoy · marker · depth · passage

kiteboarding

concave

Curving inward, not outward

inserts · strut · bridle · bladders · relaunch · depower · freeride · bottom · rails · tips

distribution

sales

Revenue from goods moved

logistics · vendor · reseller · marketplace · outlet · intermediary · fulfillment · inventory · pipeline · network

groove

furrow

Narrow trench in earth

  • slotNarrow slit for insertion
  • trackPath or monitored route
  • gutterEdge channel for runoff

flute · trough · indentation · recess · notch · culvert · conduit · duct · pipe · runnel

Categories
Opposites
physical passage/conduit

channelsblockages

Things stopping flow

barriers · obstructions · dams · closures · plugs

water/waterway

channelssolid ground

Stable surface beneath

land · dry land · ridges · banks · levees

DIRECTING/ROUTING (verb sense)

channelsdisperses

Spreads widely apart

scatters · blocks · diffuses · keeps · retains

Phrases
Family

channel, channeling, channelled, channeler, channeled, channelling, multichannel, channelers, channelize

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