Duct (Noun)
Meaning 1
A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs".
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Tear Duct
- Alimentary Tract
- GI Tract
- Sylvian Aqueduct
- Ductus Deferens
- Digestive Tube
- Gastrointestinal Tract
- Canalis Vertebralis
- Ductulus
- Schlemm's Canal
- Canalis Cervicis Uteri
- Vertebral Canal
- Sinus Venosus Sclerae
- Umbilical
- Lachrymal Duct
- Canalis Inguinalis
- Bile Duct
- Aqueductus Cerebri
- Digestive Tract
- Sinus
- Lymphatic Vessel
Meaning 2
A continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Xylem and phloem tissues both form vascular ducts for transportation in a plant's body.
- Ducts facilitate rapid long-distance movement of molecules such as nutrients, waste and other materials in multicellular organisms.
- Many animals' bodily secretions or gland secretions utilize tubular structures in transport often similar in shape or process, termed a duct in several kinds.
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Hypernyms
Meaning 3
An enclosed conduit for a fluid.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The heating system relied on a duct to transport warm air throughout the house.
- An air duct was installed in the ceiling to improve ventilation in the office building.
- A leak in the duct caused the pipes to burst and water flooded the basement.
- Ducts carrying steam under pressure powered the machinery in the factory.
- A network of ducts beneath the floor distributed warm air to each room in the house.