Associations to the word «Conduit»

Wiktionary

CONDUIT, noun. A pipe or channel for conveying water etc.
CONDUIT, noun. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
CONDUIT, noun. A means by which something is transmitted.
CONDUIT, noun. (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.
CONDUIT BENDER, noun. A tool used in conjunction with a very long lever, used to bend angles in conduit, that electric wires are placed into.

Dictionary definition

CONDUIT, noun. A passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats