Aqueduct - English meaning

noun

A structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc. across a river, road, or other obstacle.

Usage examples:

A bridge across the river thames

verb

Be or make a bridge over (something).

Usage examples:

A covered walkway bridged the gardens

noun

A card game related to whist, played by two partnerships of two players who at the beginning of each hand bid for the right to name the trump suit, the highest bid also representing a contract to make a specified number of tricks with a specified suit as trumps.

Usage examples:

She plays bridge once a month with a group of friends

noun

A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.

Usage examples:

The bay includes saltmarsh, shallow and open water, tidal channels, mudflats and numerous islands, …

verb

Direct towards a particular end or object.

Usage examples:

The council is to channel public funds into training schemes

noun

A passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water that is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along

Usage examples:

The english channel, she switched to another channel to watch the news., we’ve established a regula…

noun

A channel for conveying water or other fluid.

Usage examples:

Nearby springs supplied the conduit which ran into the brewery

noun

A way of connecting two places, systems, etc.

Usage examples:

There is growth in sales to hong kong, the conduit for exports to the rest of the area., conduit be…

noun

A pipe or passage for water or electrical wires to go through

Usage examples:

They make pipes and tubes that are used in construction and as electrical conduits., cracks in the …

noun

A competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course.

Usage examples:

Hill started from pole position and won the race

verb

Compete with another or others to see who is fastest at covering a set course or achieving an objective.

Usage examples:

The vet took blood samples from the horses before they raced

noun

Each of the major groupings into which humankind is considered (in various theories or contexts) to be divided on the basis of physical characteristics or shared ancestry.

Usage examples:

People of all races, colours, and creeds

noun

A sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate.

Usage examples:

The water gushed through the sluices

verb

Wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water.

Usage examples:

She sluiced her face in cold water

noun

An artificial channel for carrying water, with an opening at one end to control the flow of the water

Usage examples:

Water sluiced out from the pipes.

noun

A sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate.

Usage examples:

The water gushed through the sluices

verb

Wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water.

Usage examples:

She sluiced her face in cold water

verb

Wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water.

Usage examples:

She sluiced her face in cold water

noun

A passage for surplus water from a dam.

Usage examples:

The jet device can measure the erosion potential of a soil in vegetated channels, road embankments,…

noun

A passage for extra water from a lake created by a dam (= a wall built across a river to hold back water)

Usage examples:

The dam had water pouring over one of its spillways., the emergency spillway is not properly design…

noun

A long bridge-like structure, typically a series of arches, carrying a road or railway across a valley or other low ground.

Usage examples:

From the stone walls and landscaped embankments to the sweep of the footbridges and the modern viad…

noun

A high bridge that carries a road or railroad over an area that is difficult to cross, such as a deep valley, very wet land, or the steep side of a hill

Usage examples:

An ancient roman viaduct crosses the valley.

noun

A brook, stream, or artificially constructed water channel.

Usage examples:

It should never be spread close to a watercourse, and tanks should never be cleaned beside a stream…

noun

A river, canal, or other route for travel by water.

Usage examples:

The canal was a very successful commercial waterway