channel

Definition

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

Etymology

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.

Example Sentences

• "The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel."
• "A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city."
• "European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River."

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