viaduct

1. 1.

   bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley

   Broaderbridge

Other forms of viaduct

plural

viaducts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about viaduct

What does viaduct mean?

viaduct means "bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley".

How many syllables are in viaduct?

viaduct has 3 syllables: vi-a-duct. The stress falls on "vi". In IPA it is /ˈvaɪədəkt/.

Is viaduct a common word?

viaduct is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.