a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas
a common North American freshwater catfish which has a pale blue to olive back with dark spots
change frequently from one television channel to another, using a remote control device
a television channel for which viewers pay a subscription fee additional to that already paid for the basic provision of a cable or satellite television service
(at a customs area in an airport or port) the passage which should be taken by arriving passengers who have goods to declare
(at a customs area in an airport or port) the passage which should be taken by arriving passengers who have only travelled within the European Union
(at a customs area in an airport or port) the passage which should be taken by arriving passengers who have no goods to declare
the stretch of sea separating SW Scotland from Northern Ireland and connecting the Irish Sea to the Atlantic Ocean
a channel with a bandwidth sufficiently great to accommodate speech
a channel through the islands of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America
a wide inlet of the Atlantic between South Wales and the south-western peninsula of England, narrowing into the estuary of the River Severn
an area of SW Queensland and NE South Australia, watered intermittently by natural channels, where rich grasslands produced by the summer rains provide grazing for cattle
a group of islands in the English Channel off the NW coast of France, of which the largest are Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney; population 200,000 (est. 2007). Formerly part of the dukedom of Normandy, they have owed allegiance to England since the Norman Conquest in 1066, and are now classed as Crown dependencies
a railway tunnel under the English Channel, linking the coasts of England and France, opened in 1994 and 49 km (31 miles) long
the sea channel separating southern England from northern France. It is 35 km (22 miles) wide at its narrowest point. A railway tunnel beneath it linking England and France was opened in 1994 (the Channel Tunnel)
an arm of the Indian Ocean separating the eastern coast of mainland Africa from the island of Madagascar
a channel between Wales and Ireland, linking the Irish Sea with the Celtic Sea
employing or possessing many communication or television channels
a common North American freshwater catfish which has a pale blue to olive back with dark spots