BACK CHANNEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does back channel mean? 

• BACK CHANNEL (noun)
  The noun BACK CHANNEL has 1 sense:

1. an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government)

  Familiarity information: BACK CHANNEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACK CHANNEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

they negotiated via a back channel

Hypernyms ("back channel" is a kind of...):

channel; communication channel; line ((often plural) a means of communication or access)

 Context examples 

He plunged through the wooded breast of the island, flew down to the lower end, crossed a back channel filled with rough ice to another island, gained a third island, curved back to the main river, and in desperation started to cross it.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)