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aqueduct
/ˈæk.wəˌdʌkt/
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What does aqueduct mean?
noun
- An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
- A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially an ancient structure.
- A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.
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He then led me by a romantic road to a bridge on the west of the aqueduct, and far below.
In front of the house is a large pond, fed by the aqueduct that supplies the village pumps with water.
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He found a vast aqueduct one hundred and fifty miles long, extending to the Persian mountains.
The same thing may be said of a canal, an aqueduct, or a great pipe for bringing water to supply a great city.
The other great aqueduct on the Ellesmere Canal, named Pont-Cysylltau, is of even greater dimensions, and a far more striking object in the landscape.