Duct (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
  2. a tube, canal, or vessel conveying a body fluid, especially a glandular secretion or excretion.
  3. a cavity or vessel formed by elongated cells or by many cells.
  4. a single enclosed runway for conductors or cables.
  5. (in a press) the reservoir for ink.
verb (used with object)
  1. to convey or channel by means of a duct or ducts: Heat from the oven is ducted to the outside.
noun
  1. a tube, pipe, or canal by means of which a substance, esp a fluid or gas, is conveyed
  2. any bodily passage, esp one conveying secretions or excretions
  3. a narrow tubular cavity in plants, often containing resin or some other substance
  4. a channel or pipe carrying electric cable or wires
  5. a passage through which air can flow, as in air conditioning
  6. the ink reservoir in a printing press
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