aquæduct
aquæduct is the archaic spelling of aqueduct.
Meaning of aqueduct
Noun
aqueduct (plural aqueducts)
- 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.
- All the years he’d been down there in the traffic he’d taken this aqueduct for just another bridge, nothing to tell you that canal boats and waterfowl were being carried along above your head.2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 57
- A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.
Forms of aquæduct
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Questions about aquæduct
- What is aquæduct the archaic spelling of?
- Aquæduct is the archaic spelling of aqueduct.
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