Duct Meaning
/dʌkt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
nounA pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another., An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors.
Sentence Examples
I was told my tear duct was blocked.
Tom's mouth was taped shut with duct tape.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The air conditioning ____ in the basement needs to be cleaned regularly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I was told my tear ____ was blocked.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1958 June 26, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 394:
"[…] 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."
— 1650, Henry Hammond, Of the reasonableness of Christian religion:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The air conditioning ____ in the basement needs to be cleaned regularly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I was told my tear ____ was blocked.