VIADUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does viaduct mean? 

• VIADUCT (noun)
  The noun VIADUCT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VIADUCT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIADUCT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("viaduct" is a kind of...):

bridge; span (a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.)

 Context examples 

A great viaduct runs across, with high piers, through which the view seems somehow further away than it really is.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)