Duct - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dʌkt|  American pronunciation of the word duct
Brit.  |dʌkt|  British pronunciation of the word duct

noun

- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance (syn: canal, channel)
the tear duct was obstructed
- a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
- an enclosed conduit for a fluid

Extra examples

...air ducts to provide ventilation...

Compressed air is ducted from the compressors to jets.

Word forms

noun
singular: duct
plural: ducts
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