Thesaurus: conduit

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1. n. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
2. n. A structure forming a reservoir for water.
3. n. A narrow passage for private communication.
4. n. a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass
5. 1. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid. All the conduits of my blood froze up. Shak. This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk. Burke. 2. (Arch.) (a) A structure forming a reservoir for water. Oxf. Gloss. (b) A narrow passage for private communication.
6. A system of electric traction, esp. for light railways, inwhich the actuating current passes along a wire or rail laid in anunderground conduit, from which the current is "picked up" by a plowor other device fixed to the car or electric locomotive. HenceConduit railway.
7. n:100 n. a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass