conduit

Noun
  1. A passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass (synset 103093470)
    "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"
    is a type of: passage - a way through or along which someone or something may pass
    subtypes:
    • aqueduct - a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley
    • duct - an enclosed conduit for a fluid
    • flue - a conduit to carry off smoke
    • millrace, millrun - a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel
    • penstock, sluice, sluiceway - conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
    • spill, spillway, wasteweir - a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
    • tube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
    • waterspout - a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)

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