WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
chan•ner•y
(chan′ə rē),USA pronunciation n.
- Geologyan accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 in. (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.
- Scots dialect, dialectal: literally, gravelly, equivalent. to channer gravel (alteration of channel gravel, channel1) + -y1