conduit | Definition of conduit

Synonyms and Antonyms of conduit

1 a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)

the major conduit for carrying water to the military base

Synonyms of conduit

channel, duct, leader, line, penstock, pipe, trough, tube

Words Related to conduit

drain, drainpipe, funnel, hydrant, main, smokestack, spout, standpipe, stovepipe, tile, waste pipe, waterspout

pipage (or pipeage), pipeline, piping

2 an open man-made passageway for water

water flowed along the conduit to the fountain

Synonyms of conduit

aqueduct, canal, channel, course, flume, racecourse, raceway, watercourse, waterway

Words Related to conduit

millrace, millstream

floodway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway

swash, tideway, torrent

river, rivulet, stream