air duct

noun

1

: a duct or pipe for conveying air (as to the rooms of a house or ship for ventilation or to a furnace)

2

: the duct connecting the air bladder and alimentary canal of certain fishes

Word History

First Known Use

1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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