viaduct
noun /ˈvaɪədʌkt/
/ˈvaɪədʌkt/
- a long, high bridge, usually with arches, that carries a road or railway across a river or valley
enlarge image- A train was crossing the viaduct.
- a railway viaduct over the river
Oxford Collocations DictionaryViaduct is used after these nouns:- railway
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin via ‘way’, on the pattern of aqueduct.
