aqueduct

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
23
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈæk.wɪˌdʌkt/ (UK)
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/ˈæk.wɪˌdʌkt/ (UK) · /ˈæk.wəˌdʌkt/ (US) · /ˈɑk.wəˌdʌkt/ (US)

Definition of aqueduct

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
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noun

  1. An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
  2. A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially an ancient structure.
    “All the years he’d been down there in the traffic he’d taken this aqueduct for just another bridge, nothing to tell you that canal boats and waterfowl were being carried along above your head.”
  3. A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin ductus Latin aquaeductusbor. English aqueduct Adapted borrowing from Latin aquaeductus (“conveyance of water”), from aqua (“water”) + dūcō (“to lead”, “to bring”); compare the French aqueduc.

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