air duct meaning

Definition of air duct

1. a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)

   Synonyms: air passage, airway

   Type of: duct

   Kinds: register, snorkel, upcast, ventilation shaft

air duct in a sentence

• Damiano snuck in through the air ducts.
• Edmundo blocked the air ducts.

How to pronounce air duct

air duct is pronounced /ɛr dʌkt/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.