aqueduct

[ ak-wi-duhkt ]

noun

1. Civil Engineering.
   1. a conduit or artificial channel for conducting water from a distance, usually by means of gravity.
   2. a bridgelike structure that carries a water conduit or canal across a valley or over a river.
2. Anatomy. a canal or passage through which liquids pass.

aqueduct

/ ˈækwɪˌdʌkt /

noun

1. a conduit used to convey water over a long distance, either by a tunnel or more usually by a bridge
2. a structure, usually a bridge, that carries such a conduit or a canal across a valley or river
3. a channel in an organ or part of the body, esp one that conveys a natural body fluid

Word History and Origins

Origin of aqueduct¹

< Medieval Latin aquēductus < Latin aquae ductus a drawing off of water. See aqua, duct

Word History and Origins

Origin of aqueduct¹

C16: from Latin aquaeductus, from aqua water + dūcere to convey

Example Sentences

Since the 15th century, aqueducts have carried water for kilometers across the island’s mountains and rugged terrain.

From Washington Post

A day later, in a different video published on his Instagram account, García announced that the government would build an aqueduct.

From Washington Post

In any case, one of the first tasks assigned to the teenager trainees focused on teamwork, and as such entailed investing their time in repairing and cleaning public works like canals and aqueducts.

From Realm of History

Change came faster and faster with the building of an aqueduct that brought a large supply of water to town—to quench the city’s thirst, fight fires and fuel industry—gas lighting, transportation, heating, cooking stoves, and ice boxes.

From Time

This subsidence is collapsing the canals and ditches, reducing the flow of the very aqueduct that we built to create the flow itself.

From MIT Technology Review

Take a winter afternoon at Aqueduct Park in Queens several months ago, just a mile from JFK airport.

From The Daily Beast

I have a can't-miss tip in the seventh at Aqueduct plus a bridge to sell you.

From The Daily Beast

Segovia is best known for its trilogy of monuments: the Aqueduct, the Cathedral, and the Fortress.

From The Daily Beast

In attempting to break the aqueduct of Chapoltepec to cut off the water from the city, a powerful resistance was made.

From Project Gutenberg

The aqueduct is of brick, and is supported on two ranges of arches across the valley between two of the five hills of the city.

From Project Gutenberg

The headwaters of the Sele have been tapped for the great aqueduct for the Apulian provinces.

From Project Gutenberg

The present government, instead of constructing similar works, neglects even the repairs and requisite cleansing of this aqueduct.

From Project Gutenberg

The aqueduct, which had been long destroyed, he renewed, and brought in water through it.

From Project Gutenberg