Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

duct

/dʌkt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.58 in modern English

Syllables
duct
IPA
/dʌkt/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.

noun

A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.

noun

A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.

noun

A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.

noun

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.

noun

Guidance, direction.

Obsolete

verb

To enclose in a duct.

Transitive verb

verb

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

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

ducts (plural) ducts (present, singular) ducting (participle, present) ducted (participle, past) ducted (past)

Derived Forms

aeroduct aqueduct caliduct caloriduct coelomoduct ductal ductiform ductile ductless ductlike ductography ductoscopy

Phrases

air-duct bypass duct common bile duct duct detector duct engine duct flute ducto- duct-

Frequently Paired Words

abduct adduct conduct deduct induct subduct

Synonyms

epithelial duct canal channel

Homonyms

ducked

Rhymes With

fucked construct sucked tucked instruct reconstruct plucked deduct obstruct ducked destruct self-destruct

Questions

How do you pronounce duct?
The recorded pronunciation is /dʌkt/.
What does duct mean?
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
Where does duct come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce duct

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