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Definition of duct



Overview of noun duct

The noun duct has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel

(a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs")

2. duct

(a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls)

3. duct

(an enclosed conduit for a fluid)