C2nounformaltechnologyscience
US/ˈkɑːn.du.ɪt/
UK/ˈkɒn.dju.ɪt/
a pipe or channel for water or cables; also a person or route through which things are passed
In context
Electric cables run through a plastic conduit under the street.
The port acts as a conduit for goods between Vietnam and southern China.
Social media has become a conduit for false health advice.
Words that go with conduit
noun + preposition
- conduit forThe bank was used as a conduit for illegal money.
verb + noun
- act as a conduitTeachers act as a conduit between parents and the school.
- serve as a conduitThe river served as a conduit for trade for centuries.
adjective + noun
- main conduitThis road is the main conduit for food into the city.
noun + noun
- cable conduitWorkers laid a new cable conduit for fiber-optic internet.