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# duct

noun (a duct, ducts); verb (duct, ducts, ducted — rare)

«duct» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pipe or tube that carries air, water, cables or other things inside a building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duct/#m1)
2. (body) A tube in the body that carries liquids, like a tear duct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duct/#m2)
3. duct tape: very strong sticky cloth tape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duct/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about the body, tear ducts carry tears and other ducts carry fluids; in buildings, air ducts carry heating and air conditioning; in films, heroes crawl through air ducts; phrases: «air duct», «tear duct», «duct tape».

### Examples

- Warm air comes through a duct in the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duct/#x1)
- Tears drain from your eyes through tiny tear ducts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duct/#x2)
- The spy crawled through the air duct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duct/#x3)
- Dad fixed the broken hose with duct tape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duct/#x4)
- Mice were living in the heating duct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duct/#x5)
- Engineers cleaned the ducts in the school roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duct/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Pronounced «dukt». «Duct tape» is also called «duck tape» informally (and Duck Tape is a brand). Safety: real air ducts are dangerous to crawl in.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «duct» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duct/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«duct» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/duct.html) on Mova free.