Meaning of AQUEDUCT
Pronunciation: | | 'akwi`dukt
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | |
[n] a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley |
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AQUEDUCT is a 8 letter word that starts with A. |
| See Also: | | arch, conduit | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Aq"ue*duct\, n. [F. aqueduc, OF. aqueduct (Cotgr.),
fr. L. aquaeductus; aquae, gen. of aqua water + ductus a
leading, ducere to lead. See {Aqua}, {Duke}.]
1. A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying
water, especially one for supplying large cities with
water.
Note: The term is also applied to a structure (similar to the
ancient aqueducts), for conveying a canal over a river
or hollow; more properly called an aqueduct bridge.
2. (Anat.) A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a
channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the
brain.
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Dream Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | An aqueduct relates to your spirituality, it might show you the path you should be following in order to reach self fullfilment. |
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| Related Terms: | | arroyo, bed, canal, canalization, channel, conduit, course, creek bed, crimp, culvert, cut, dike, ditch, donga, dry bed, duct, entrenchment, flume, fosse, goffer, gulch, gully, gullyhole, gutter, ha-ha, headrace, irrigation ditch, kennel, moat, nullah, pleat, race, river bed, riverway, runnel, sluice, spillbox, spillway, stream bed, streamway, sunk fence, swash, swash channel, tailrace, trench, trough, wadi, water carrier, water channel, water furrow, water gap, water gate, watercourse, waterway, waterworks |
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