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Definition of viaduct noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

viaduct

noun
 
/ˈvaɪədʌkt/
 
/ˈvaɪədʌkt/
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  1. a long, high bridge, usually with arches, that carries a road or railway across a river or valley
    • A train was crossing the viaduct.
    • a railway viaduct over the river
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2, Transport by bus and trainc2, Buildingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryViaduct is used after these nouns:
    • railway
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin via ‘way’, on the pattern of aqueduct.
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