| has gloss | (noun) a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel"
channel |
| lexicalization | eng: channel |
| subclass of | (noun) the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
body of water, water |
| has subclass | (noun) (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
canal |
| has subclass | (noun) a narrow channel or strait
gut |
| has subclass | (noun) a small channel (as one formed by soil erosion)
rill |
| has subclass | (noun) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
sound, strait |
| has subclass | (noun) a channel in which a tidal current runs
tideway |
| has subclass | (noun) natural or artificial channel through which water flows
watercourse |
| has instance | (noun) a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx
Harlem River |
| has instance | (noun) an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain
English Channel |
| has instance | (noun) a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads |
| has instance | (noun) an arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa
Mozambique Channel |
| has instance | (noun) a channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea
Windward Passage |