Meaning

A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another..

Definitions by Sense

1. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
2. (physics) 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.
3. (obsolete) Guidance, direction.
4. (transitive) To enclose in a duct.
5. (transitive) To channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts.

Example Sentences

heating and air-conditioning ducts

The three motors on each bogie are force ventilated from a blower mounted in the adjacent nose-end compartment of the superstructure, the air being led by ducts and flexible bellows connections to the air inlet at the commutator end of the motor.

[…] otherwise to express His care and love to mankind, viz., in giving and consigning to them His written word for a rule and constant director of life, not leaving them to the duct of their own inclinations.

Word Forms

• ducts
• ducting
• ducted

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When Should You Use Duct?

Use duct when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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