viaduct
noun/ˈvaɪədʌkt/
/ˈvaɪədʌkt/
- 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
Oxford Collocations DictionaryViaduct is used after these nouns:- railway
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin via ‘way’, on the pattern of aqueduct.Definitions on the go
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