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conduit

conduit

97 6.5
A pipe or channel that carries water, wires and other things
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒndɪt/
translation icon : conducto
  • The video store is the place, but often times, it's just a conduit for us to have conversations with other humans, and that's really beautiful, and something we will never get with streaming.
  • a conduit for water
  • a flexible conduit
  • a conduit for information

In fact, both the conduit and this conduit curve forwards slightly.

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Examples

  • Suter describes himself as the "conduit" among the court, lawyers, litigants, and the public.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So let's put this conduit into all of these.

  • But, like, electrical conduit is not the same as water.

  • Nevertheless, this was the conduit through which all her food had to pass.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The new media are not simply a conduit for disseminating the same information.

    Academic text (1999)
  • A school library is a conduit to equitable access to information.

    Academic text (2015)
  • This conduit runs almost to the uplink assembly.

  • Business enterprise, therefore, will largely replace geographic jurisdictions as conduits of government support for economic and human development.

    Academic text (1991)
  • In Brandeis, Balfour had found the right conduit to get his ideas regarding Palestine across to Wilson.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The plumber installed a new conduit to carry the water from the main line to the house.

Synonyms

duct
vsconduit
  • Specialized
145 4.1

A tube that carries a liquid or gas from one place to another

is a general channel also used for wires and other materials
culvert
vsconduit
  • Specialized
9 6.8

A pipe under a road or railway that lets water flow

is a general transport channel, not limited to under-road water passages
water pipe
vsconduit
  • Specialized
6 1.0

A tube that carries water into a house or building

also carries electrical wires and various nonwater materials
waterspout
vsconduit
  • UK
1 4.9

A pipe that carries water from the edge of a roof

is used more broadly for many materials not only roof water
flowline
vsconduit
  • Specialized
7.2

A pipe that carries oil or gas from a well to a processing plant

is a general conveyance for many substances beyond oil and gas

Compounds

vascular conduit
  • Specialized
7.3

A tube surgeons use to carry blood around a blocked or damaged vessel

How Big

tunnel
615 1.0
channel
57 3.8
conduit
97 6.5
pipe
344 1.0
tube
680 2.0

Surface Forms

conduit singular
conduits plural

Etymology

The word conduit comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and ducere 'to lead', and it shares the same root as English duct and conduct. So a conduit is literally a channel that 'leads' water, wires, or other things from one place to another.