aqueduct
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- noun
- /ˈækwəˌdʌkt/
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acueducto
- The ancient Romans built an impressive aqueduct that transported water across the valley to their city.
- aqueduct supplying water
- Roman aqueduct
- aqueduct bridge
It's not Marcus Aurelius describing the Colossus of roads or, you know, the aqueducts or the Coliseum.
- It's not Marcus Aurelius describing the Colossus of roads or, you know, the aqueducts or the Coliseum.
- And there were certain stone lions, a sacred latrine, some cracks and a dusty aqueduct.
- If you visit Spain, there are tons of Roman aqueducts yeah, that you go and visit as just sights to see.
- The governor apparently is blind to the fact that we could build a water aqueduct from Los Angeles to Boston.
- It would have victory columns, triumphal arches, aqueducts, the whole panoply of classical civilization.
- So you you might be better off to work on the aqueduct or to focus upon sales or something.
- How about building some roads, maybe some aqueducts, maybe some some baths, all those sorts of questions that are that are coming up inevitably.
Examples
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When the bond issue passes Tuesday, there'll be $8 million to build an aqueduct and a reservoir.
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This is the Aqueduct of Valenz, a landmark in modern Istanbul.
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No, he spent a month in Northern California, working on the aqueduct.
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The governor apparently is blind to the fact that we could build a water aqueduct from Los Angeles to Boston.
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It's part of an aqueduct built when the Romans were at the height of their power, just to impress their subjects.
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The top 4 meters of the aqueduct are 2 meters wide, with nearly vertical sides.
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There's an old aqueduct that lies beneath the new city.
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But our new construction will provide the people with a new aqueduct, better sanitation, bigger bath houses, a new arena.
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We'll need maps and diagrams of every aqueduct, pipe and tunnel, all ways leading in and out of that system.
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In 1913, the Los Angeles Aqueduct began pulling water from the river 100 km upstream of the lake.
Academic text (2004)
Compounds
- Specialized
A narrow tube in the brain that joins two fluid filled spaces and lets brain fluid flow
- Specialized
A narrow tube in the brain that connects the third and fourth ventricles and carries the fluid around the brain
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Etymology
The word aqueduct comes from Latin parts aqua 'water' and duct 'to lead', the same aqua you see in aquarium and the duct like an 'air duct'. So an aqueduct literally 'leads water' across a valley, which is why it is a bridge-like structure that carries water.