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aqueductaq‧ue‧duct /ˈækwədʌkt/ noun [countable]   aqueductOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin aquaeductus, from aquae ‘of water’ + ductus ‘act of leading’ - A miniature aqueduct led water from the spring into a well at the garth's centre.
- After another island with half blocked off by Hamstead Wharf there are two aqueducts.
- She is associated with a bridge, a subterranean aqueduct and a magic distaff, one of the symbols of Athene.
- The city had built a great water-supply aqueduct to the Croton River and was imagining its future subway system.
- The water, carried in pressure aqueducts and siphons, could arrive under its own power.
- Their social organization resulted in the building of bridges, roads, and aqueducts that still stand.
- This is a comparatively short section, in a beautiful setting, of an original aqueduct 25 miles long.
- To their credit, they floodlight the aqueduct each night, such is its splendour.
► Civilaqueduct, nounbore, verbbore, nounborehole, nouncanalize, verbcivil engineering, nounculvert, noundam, noundam, verbdesalination, noundredge, verbdyke, nounpile, nounpile driver, nounpneumatic drill, nounpontoon, nounpontoon bridge, nounS-bend, nounsewer, nounsewerage, nounsteam shovel, nounstructural engineer, nounsump, nounsurveyor, nounwater main, nounwater tower, nounwaterworks, noun VERB► build· If they can build aqueducts you'd think they could engineer a wallet to keep their money in.· La Reine Pedauque is credited with building the aqueduct which supplied Toulouse with water.· The city had built a great water-supply aqueduct to the Croton River and was imagining its future subway system. a structure like a bridge, that carries water across a river or valley |