Channel and Means

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Channel noun - An open man-made passageway for water.

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Means is a synonym for channel in agency topic. In some cases you can use "Means" instead a noun "Channel", when it comes to topics like pathway.

Means noun - How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.

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Channel is a synonym for means in method topic. You can use "Channel" instead a noun "Means", if it concerns topics such as way, agency.

Nearby Words: mean, meaning

old	old channel	old means
similar	similar channel	similar means
normal	normal channel	normal means
regular	regular channel	regular means
Other adjectives: certain, artificial, dead, popular, actual, main, new, unknown, alternate, different.

The Wizard is kept this way, as a means of controlling him, in the sci-fi channel miniseries Tin Man.

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Naturally as this game is still about lawyers the Queen is defeated not by violent means, but by Apollo exposing her inability to channel spirits.

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It's nice to know that ads still use this phrase, because that means even the commercial knew you were about to change the channel.

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