DUCT - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

Example: the tear duct was obstructed; the alimentary canal; poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs

Categories: Passage, Passageway

Part of speech: Noun

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

Categories: Plant part, Plant structure

Part of speech: Noun

an enclosed conduit for a fluid

Categories: Conduit

Channel, Duct, Epithelial duct, Canal

The word "duct" was borrowed from Medieval Latin ductus, which was borrowed from Latin ductus.

ductus – A related word in the same word family.

douit – A related word in the same word family.

Many Latin words entered English twice—once through French and once through direct borrowing.