channel

noun

1.
a path over which electrical signals can pass
2.
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
Derived from:
channelize
3.
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
4.
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
5.
(often plural) a means of communication or access
6.
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Derived from:
channelize
7.
a television station and its programs
8.
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors