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Instead of complaining about your chores, be grateful for the conduit, or pipe, that brings water to your home. Thanks to it, you don't have to go fetch water from the well whenever your mom wants a cup of coffee.

The noun conduit comes from root words meaning "pipe," and the word retains this definition. For example, a channel between a reservoir and a water treatment plant could be called a conduit. Conduit can also be used in a figurative sense to refer to someone or something that conveys goods, information, or ideas. For instance, a religious leader might be seen as a conduit who brings divine messages to the people.

DEFINITIONS OF: conduit

n a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass

“the computers were connected through a system of conduits”

Examples:: trans-Alaska pipeline
an oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez

Types:: show 39 types...; hide 39 types...; aqueduct
a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley; duct
an enclosed conduit for a fluid; flue
a conduit to carry off smoke; millrace, millrun
a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel; penstock, sluice, sluiceway
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate; spill, spillway, wasteweir
a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction; tube, tubing
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases; waterspout
a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof); air-intake
a duct that admits air to be mixed with fuel; air duct, air passage, airway
a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines); barrel, gun barrel
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired; blow tube, blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube
a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing; blow tube, blowpipe, blowtube
a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat; cannula
a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication; capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing
a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action; catheter
a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open; chimney
a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building; chimneystack
the part of the chimney that is above the roof; usually has several flues; cigarette holder
a tube that holds a cigarette while it is being smoked; coil
tubing that is wound in a spiral; chromatography column, column
a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands; drain
tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material; hose, hosepipe
a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas; inner tube
an inflatable rubber tube that fits inside the casing of a pneumatic tire; chimney, lamp chimney
a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp; mouthpiece
the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth; pea shooter
a straight narrow tube through which pellets (as dried peas) can be blown at a target; pipage, pipe, piping
a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.; pipe, tobacco pipe
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco; silencer
short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing; siphon, syphon
a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube; speaking tube
a tube for conveying the sound of a voice from one room to another; stem
the tube of a tobacco pipe; stent
a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis; drinking straw, straw
a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth; test tube
glass tube closed at one end; torpedo tube
a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired; venturi
a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor); well point, wellpoint
a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area

Type of:: passage
a way through or along which someone or something may pass

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