EGAVE

conduit

About 2.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc. A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
    This channel is a conduit to send the excess water back to the millpond.
  2. noun A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
    This channel is a conduit to send the excess water back to the millpond.
  3. noun A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.
    Last week the electricians were running conduit, and this week they'll be pulling cable.
  4. noun Any pattern, typically composed of still lifes or oscillators, used to transfer an active region to another location without being destroyed or permanently modified in the process.
  5. noun A means by which something is transmitted.
    The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.
  6. noun An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off–balance sheet bank assets.

Similar words

channel plumbing pipeline hose flue channelization duct canal flume ducting

Often followed by

for of to and is or through street in

Word family

conduits

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