Noun

channels

1. Plural form of channel.
2. (plural only; not used in singular form) Formal lines of command and procedure.

   I'd love to be able to help you, but you'll have put that request through channels.

Verb

channels

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of channel.

Geography

• Channel (geography), in physical geography, the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks

In Europe:

• English Channel, the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France
• Channel Tunnel, or the Chunnel, a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel linking the U.K. and France
• Channel Islands, an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy

In North America:

• Channel Islands of California, a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California
• Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Channel Lake, Illinois
• Channel, California, a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States.

In Australia:

• Channel Highway, a regional highway in Tasmania, Australia