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[ US /ˈækwəˌdəkt/ ]
[ UK /ˈækwɪdˌʌkt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley

How To Use aqueduct In A Sentence

  • The trip back was into the bitter NE wind so it was a bit on the parky side, and the ice was much less stable when we got back to Slateford aqueduct. Long canal run
  • The card is an old picture of what appears to be a Roman aqueduct - a bridge over a river.
  • From the lateral ventricles CSF drains into the central third ventricle, and thence through the aqueduct in the midbrain into the fourth ventricle.
  • Major Anderson and his wife were now ex officio members of the sanctuary, thanks to their work on the aqueduct. RUSHING TO PARADISE
  • The most common form of isolated, obstructive hydrocephalus is so-called “aqueductal stenosis,” which is the blockage of CSF passage through the aqueduct of Sylvius. Hydrocephalus
  • With local labour and resources, a two and a half kilometre canal, the seguia, was built of reinforced concrete, with a stone aqueduct over the valley that can also carry pedestrians.
  • The Romans actually were quite good at public health facilities with their public baths and aqueducts and paved streets.
  • Like the other known sections of the aqueduct system, it is covered with stone slabs, which would have served as a pathway for foot passengers.
  • The city developed and exploited water on a vast scale, the aqueducts of imperial Rome furnishing supplies for 121 fountains, 11 imperial thermae, 926 public baths and assorted private establishments.
  • In 1845 an estimated 740 million bricks were used in stations, bridges, aqueducts, and embankments under construction.
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