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duct
noun
1 duct
A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance:
— The tear duct was obstructed.
synonyms: canal, channel, epithelial duct.
Roget 350:
conduit,
channel,
duct,
watercourse,
race;
head race,
tail race;
abito†,
aboideau†,
aboiteau [Fr.],
bito†;
acequia†,
acequiador†,
acequiamadre†;
arroyo;
adit†,
aqueduct,
canal,
trough,
gutter,
pantile;
flume,
ingate†,
runner;
lock-weir,
tedge†;
vena†;
dike,
main,
gully,
moat,
ditch,
drain,
sewer,
culvert,
cloaca,
sough,
kennel,
siphon;
piscina†;
pipe
etc.
(tube)
260;
funnel;
tunnel
etc.
(passage)
627;
water pipe,
waste pipe;
emunctory†,
gully hole,
artery,
aorta,
pore,
spout,
scupper;
adjutage†,
ajutage†;
hose;
gargoyle;
gurgoyle†;
penstock,
weir;
flood gate,
water gate;
sluice,
lock,
valve;
rose;
waterworks.
pipeline.
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Dutch: kanaal, buisje, buis, streng
Polish: cewka, przewód, kanał
2 duct
A continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls.
Dutch: pijpleiding, pijp
3 duct
An enclosed conduit for a fluid.
Dutch: pijp, slang
Moby thesaurus: Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube, adit, aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, course, ditch, egress, emunctory, entrance, exit, fistula, ingress, intestines, meatus, ostium, oviduct, passage, passageway, pore, salpinx, thoracic duct, trench, trough, troughing, troughway, tunnel, ureter, urethra, vagina, vas, vessel, watercourse, way ... show more.
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