aqueduct

English

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Etymology

Adapted borrowing from Latin aquaeductus (conveyance of water), from aqua (water) + dūcō (I lead”, “I bring); compare the French aqueduc.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæk.wɪˌdʌkt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæk.wəˌdʌkt/, /ˈɑk.wəˌdʌkt/[1]
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

aqueduct (plural aqueducts)

  1. An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
  2. A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially an ancient structure.
    • 2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 57:
      All the years he’d been down there in the traffic he’d taken this aqueduct for just another bridge, nothing to tell you that canal boats and waterfowl were being carried along above your head.
  3. (anatomy) A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.

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References

  1. ^ Pronunciation” under aqueduct, noun.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.