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Definitions for Duct

[1] any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
[2] Anatomy , Zoology . a tube, canal, or vessel conveying a body fluid, especially a glandular secretion or excretion.
[3] Botany . a cavity or vessel formed by elongated cells or by many cells.
[4] Electricity . a single enclosed runway for conductors or cables.
[5] Printing . (in a press) the reservoir for ink.
[6] to convey or channel by means of a duct or ducts: Heat from the oven is ducted to the outside.
[7] a tube, pipe, or canal by means of which a substance, esp a fluid or gas, is conveyed
[8] any bodily passage, esp one conveying secretions or excretions
[9] a narrow tubular cavity in plants, often containing resin or some other substance
[10] Also called: conduit a channel or pipe carrying electric cable or wires
[11] a passage through which air can flow, as in air conditioning
[12] the ink reservoir in a printing press

Words related to Duct

conduit, tube, canal, funnel, aqueduct, passage, course, watercourse, vessel

Words nearby Duct

duckweed, duckwheat, ducky, ducommun, ducrey's bacillus, duct, duct keel, duct tape, ductal carcinoma in situ, ductile, ducting

Origin of Duct

1640–50; < Latin ductus conveyance (of water), hence channel (in ML), equivalent to duc- (variant stem of dūcere to lead) + -tus suffix of verbal action

Other words from Duct

duct·less , adjective
duct•al adj.

Word origin for Duct

C17: from Latin ductus a leading (in Medieval Latin: aqueduct), from dūcere to lead

Synonyms for Duct

conduit, tube, aqueduct, canal, course, funnel, passage, vessel, watercourse