conduit
pronunciation
How to pronounce conduit in British English:
UK [ˈkɒndjuɪt]
How to pronounce conduit in American English:
US [ˈkɑːnduɪt]
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- Noun:
- a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass
Word Origin
- conduit (n.)
- 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
- 1. Wikileaks itself has already been the conduit for a few .
- 2. A corroded conduit sprang a large leak in 2006 , fouling the tundra .
- 3. When zaltman asks people to describe their thoughts and feelings in terms ofthe pictures they have selected , the images operate as a conduit to theirsubconscious mind .
- 4. Many countries fear that the imf will serve as a mere conduit to the eurozone .
- 5. The authors warned that india 's growing medical tourism business could be a conduit for the superbug 's global spread .