conduit

see definition of conduit

nounpassage

Synonyms for conduit

noun passage

arteries

noun. channel

artery

noun. channel

canal

noun. waterway

channel

noun. pathway, usually containing water

channels

noun. pathway, usually containing water

Word Origin & History

c.1300, conduyt, from Old French conduit (12c.) "escort, protection; pipe, channel," from Latin conductus "a leading, a pipe" (see conduct). A doublet of conduct, differentiated in meaning from 15c.

Example Sentences for conduit

That was why my first step was to my old tailor's in Conduit Street.

This opening connected with a conduit, which ran off towards the sea.

They have also to be constructed to give a smooth surface to the conduit.

I met an old friend to-day at my dressmaker's in Conduit Street.

By this simple operation, the continuity of the conduit is twice broken.

He is but a conduit through which flows the divine repletion.

Lamb's Conduit Street is called after one Lamb, who built a conduit here in 1577.

They made their way through this, and found themselves in the Conduit of King Hezekiah.

He would, at any rate, see the infatuated breeches-maker of Conduit Street.

But it's just in line with your lonely trips out to Conduit Street.