aqueduct

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an artificial channel or conduit built to carry water from one place to another

   The aqueduct supplied the growing city with water from distant springs.

2. 2
   noun

   a bridge-like structure that carries a water channel across a valley, river, or road

   The stone aqueduct carried the canal high above the valley floor.

3. 3
   noun

   anatomy: a narrow passage in the body through which fluid flows

   The cerebral aqueduct connects two fluid-filled chambers of the brain.

Adapted from Latin aquaeductus ('conveyance of water'), formed from aqua ('water') + ductus ('a leading'), from ducere ('to lead'). Viaduct was later formed on the same model.

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