duct
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duct
- /dʌkt/
Sounds like ducked · Rhymes with -ʌkt
Where it comes from
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.
noun ducts
- A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another. heating and air-conditioning ducts
- An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors.
- A vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile.
- A tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) for conveying water, sap, or air.
- 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.
- Guidance, direction. […] 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.
verb ducts · ducting · ducted
- To enclose in a duct.
- To channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: canal, channel, wire, pipeline, hose, conduit, flue, cable, louver, bezel, flume, aeration, shaft, deflector, way, casing
Translations
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noun pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another
| Español | conducto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 덕트 deokteu |
| 日本語 | ダクト dakuto, 導管 dōkan |
| 中文 | 管 guǎn, 管子 guǎnzi, 導管 /导管 dǎoguǎn |
| Português | duto, tubo |
| Français | tuyau, conduit, canalisation |
| Deutsch | Leitung, Rohr |
| Italiano | condotto |
| Русский | кана́л kanál, труба́ trubá, прото́к protók, воздухово́д vozduxovód |
| العربية | شَأن, مَجْرى |
| עברית | צִנּוֹר, תְּעָלָה, מוֹבָל movál |
Talk about this word "duct." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/duct. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. duct. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/duct "duct." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/duct.Cite this
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title = {duct},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/duct},
urldate = {2026-11-05}
}
