duct

Meaning

Noun

1. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
2. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
3. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
4. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
5. A layer (as in the atmosphere or the ocean) which occurs under usually abnormal conditions and in which radio or sound waves are confined to a restricted path
6. (obsolete) Guidance, direction

Verb

1. (transitive) To enclose in a duct.
2. (transitive) To channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts.

Synonyms

canal

pipe

conduit

tube

channel

passage

vessel

pipeline

drain

shaft

line

lead

catheter

epithelial duct

groove

gangway

tubing

main pipe

piping

main

ductus

meatus

water main

command

flute

🪈

column

blood vessel

furrow

gallery

galoot

flue

fathead

entryway

noddy

ducting

bladder

aqueduct

drainpipe

lubber

capillary

leadership

ditch

leaders

cut

artery

nitwit

launder

nozzle

numskull

hallway

Translations

conduit

condotto

canal

conducto

canal

canale

Rohr

Kanal

Röhre

conduttura

canal

tuyau

duto

αγωγός

buis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʌkt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw”) + -tus (action noun suffix). Doublet of ductus and douit. Also via Medieval Latin ductus (“a conveyance of water; a channel”), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.