Definition of aqueduct Aqueduct

/æˈkwʌdʌˌkt/ - [akwudukt] - aq•ue•duct

We found 12 definitions of aqueduct from 8 different sources.

What does aqueduct mean?

Plural: aqueducts

aqueduct - a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley

conduit a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"

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aqueduct (Noun)
An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
aqueduct (Noun)
A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially in regards to ancient aqueducts.

aqueduct (n.)
A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
aqueduct (n.)
A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.

aqueduct
A channel for supplying water; often underground, but treated architecturally on high arches when crossing valleys or low ground.
aqueduct
Duct for conveying water to a given place.
aqueduct
Canal or passage in the body in which liquids flow.

aqueduct
ak′we-dukt, n. an artificial channel for conveying water, most commonly understood to mean a bridge of stone, iron, or wood for conveying water across a valley: also a bridge carrying a canal for the purposes of navigation. [L. aqua, water—ducĕre, ductum, to lead.]

aqueduct
A channel to convey water from one place to another. Aqueducts in military architecture are generally made to bring water from a spring or river to a fortress, etc.; they are likewise used to carry canals over low ground, and over brooks or small rivers; they are built with arches like a bridge, only not so wide, and are covered by an arch, to prevent dust or dirt from being thrown into the water,--there are also subterranean aqueducts, such as pipes of wood, lead, or iron.