channel

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1. stream bed, floor, bottom, depths, basin.

2. strait, neck, narrows, fiord; estuary, inlet, lagoon, cove, Naut. roads; bight, bay, gulf, sound; watercourse, waterway, canal, creek, run; water gap, flume.

3. furrow, groove, rut, chase, ditch, dike, fosse, gully; gulch, ravine, Western North Amer. coulee, chasm, crevice, anfractuosity; conduit, culvert, Civ. Eng. aqueduct, duct, tube, pipe; trough, gutter, sluice, chute, shaft; trench, moat.

4. course, way, path, trail, approach; avenue, lane, road, route; artery, passage, passageway, pass, cut, fairway, runway; aisle, corridor.

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5. groove, furrow, flute, plow; trench, tunnel, burrow, hollow out, excavate, carve, cut.

6. convey, lead, conduct; aim, direct, guide