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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

channel

noun

Definition

a passage for water or signals

In a sentence

Boats follow the marked channel.

Similar words

  • waterway
  • strait

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Why this word matters: channel appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.