duct

Plural: ducts

Noun

a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- "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
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
A vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
A tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) for conveying water, sap, or air
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
A layer (as in the atmosphere or the ocean) which occurs under usually abnormal conditions and in which radio or sound waves are confined to a restricted path
Guidance, direction

Verb

To enclose in a duct.
To channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts.

Examples

"heating and air-conditioning ducts"

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw”) + -tus (action noun suffix). Doublet of ductus and douit. Also via Medieval Latin ductus (“a conveyance of water; a channel”), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.

Synonyms

canal, channel, epithelial duct

Scrabble Score: 7

duct is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
duct is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
duct is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

duct is a valid Words With Friends word