English dictionary

duct

/d/@/kt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

noun.body

Examples
The tear duct was obstructed.

Synonyms canal channel epithelial duct

Source: WordNet 3.0
a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls

noun.plant

Source: WordNet 3.0
an enclosed conduit for a fluid

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.

noun

Source: webster1913