duct
noun
[ dʌkt ]
• a tube or passageway in a building or machine for air, liquid, cables, etc.
• "leading the air through ducts in the floor"
Similar:
tube,
channel,
passage,
canal,
vessel,
conduit,
culvert,
pipe,
pipeline,
outlet,
inlet,
flue,
shaft,
vent,
airway,
ductus,
ductule,
vas,
trachea,
duct
verb
• convey through a duct.
• "a ventilation system that must be ducted through the wall"
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘course’ or ‘direction’): from Latin ductus ‘leading, aqueduct’ from duct- ‘led’, from the verb ducere .
