narrow channel

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrowandchannel

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narrow
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.əʊ/us
/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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channel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃæn.əl/us
/ˈtʃæn.əl/
a television or radio station (= an organization that broadcasts television or ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandchannelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The free long waves can be resonated inside thenarrowchannel.
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She had made slow progress through anarrowchannel, when the channel began to close up astern.
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What will happen to the tankers and other big ships that carry hazardous materials through thatnarrowchannel?
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That is a precise,narrowchannelof information.
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This landlocked harbour is approached by anarrowchannelsome 600 feet wide.
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Tankers of a fairly substantial tonnage are loaded with oil for export there on the edge of thatnarrowchannel.
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Surely there ought to be some rule of the road and control of ships through that very hazardous and comparativelynarrowchannel.
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The vice of this sort of thing is that it rune in thenarrowchannelof special interests.
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The ombudsman has to steer anarrowchannel.
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It is a matter of privilege and patronage through anarrowchannelto the bench, and we cannot get at it.
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The tide runs very strongly through the somewhatnarrowchannel, and it is proposed to put piers in the middle of the channel to support and carry this bridge.
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It has guided ships through thenarrowchanneluntil 1915.
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The iron of the active site is located at the bottom of anarrowchannel, approximately 15 from the protein surface.
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It is densely covered with tall trees and has anarrowchannelbehind it.
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The island is tree-covered and has anarrowchannelbehind it crossed by a footbridge.
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The river is extremely tidal with only anarrowchannelbeing navigable by small craft at low tide.
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The cerebral aqueduct is anarrowchannelin the midbrain, which connects the third and fourth ventricles.
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It is not entirely closed, but is connected to the sea by anarrowchannelwhich leads to ibenik harbor.
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This has left only a section of the northern part of the dock and anarrowchannelalong the eastern dock wall.
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It is separated only by a verynarrowchannelfrom the mainland.
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