viaduct

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈvaɪədʌkt/
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/ˈvaɪədʌkt/ · /ˈvaɪəˌdʌk(t)/

Definition of viaduct

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
    “[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.”
    “The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.]”

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Etymology

A blend of Latin via (“highway; road”) + English (aque)duct.

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