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Conduit (Noun)

Meaning

A passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits".

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

  • The old building had a labyrinthine system of conduits that carried water and electricity throughout its walls.
  • City planners invested in a network of underground conduits to manage urban flooding during heavy rainfall.
  • A conduit was installed beneath the frozen lake to supply warm water for the aquatic life research project.
  • The company's innovative system utilized conduits to harness the geothermal energy and reduce its carbon footprint.
  • Over the period of several decades, tree roots had grown through the cracked conduit under the sidewalk.

Hyponyms

  • Tubing
  • Penstock
  • Millrun
  • Wasteweir
  • Sluiceway
  • Spill
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