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AIR DUCT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
Synonyms:
air duct; air passage; airway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("air duct" is a kind of...):
duct (an enclosed conduit for a fluid)
Meronyms (parts of "air duct"):
blowhole; vent; vent-hole; venthole (a hole for the escape of gas or air)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "air duct"):
register (an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room)
breather; schnorchel; schnorkel; snorkel; snorkel breather (air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time)
upcast (air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine)
ventilation shaft (a shaft in a building; serves as an air passage for ventilation)
