duct

Plural: ducts

Noun

a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- "the tear duct was obstructed"
a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
an enclosed conduit for a fluid
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
A vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
A tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) for conveying water, sap, or air
A layer (as in the atmosphere or the ocean) which occurs under usually abnormal conditions and in which radio or sound waves are confined to a restricted path
Guidance, direction

Verb

Verb Forms: ducted, ducting, ducts

To convey or channel through a tube or passage.
To enclose in a duct.
To channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts.

Examples

He tried to DUCT his tiles into a bingo, but the letters just wouldn’t align on the board.
heating and air-conditioning ducts

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw”) + -tus (action noun suffix). Doublet of ductus and douit. Also via Medieval Latin ductus (“a conveyance of water; a channel”), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.

Synonyms

canal, channel, epithelial duct

Scrabble Score: 7

duct: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
duct: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
duct: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

duct: valid Words With Friends Word