- dredged channel
- A roughly linear, deep water area formed by a dredging operation for navigation purposes (after Wells et al., 1994; dredged hole).Compare: dredge-deposit shoal.SSS
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channel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. duct, conduit, passage; wavelength, band; artery, vein, blood vessel. v. furrow, groove. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A passageway for liquid] Syn. conduit, tube, canal, duct, course, carrier, gutter,… … English dictionary for students
channel — 1 passage, *strait, narrows, sound 2 Channel, canal, conduit, duct, aqueduct all mean something through which a fluid (as water) is led or flows. Channel implies the natural bed of a stream of running or moving waters; the term is also applied to … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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Ship channel — A ship channel can be an artificial or dredged waterway for moving ship traffic. A ship channel can also be a channel formed through surface ice by a ship.Several waterways are referred to as the Ship Channel * Houston Ship Channel * Sacramento… … Wikipedia
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