conduit

1. n. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid. Source: opted

2. n. A structure forming a reservoir for water. Source: opted

3. n. A narrow passage for private communication. Source: opted

4. n. a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

7. n:100 n. a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass Source: ecdict

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