noun · formal
viaduct
/ˈvaɪəˌdʌkt/VI·a·duct
Band 7+task2speaking
a long bridge consisting of several small spans, used to carry a road or railway over a valley or other roads
Examples
“a stone viaduct”
“the Victorian viaduct”
“rail viaduct”
Band 8 sentence
“The restoration of the Victorian viaduct preserved an important transport link and a piece of industrial heritage.”
Collocations
- rail viaduct
- stone viaduct
- viaduct collapse
Word family
viaduct nounviaducts noun (plural)
Common mistakes
use 'bridge' for every raised structure→viaduct
pronounce as /viˈædʌkt/→ˈvaɪəˌdʌkt
Say it for a higher band
5bridge→6overpass→7+viaduct
Synonyms
overpass
Easily confused
overpass
“They built a viaduct to carry the railway over the floodplain.”
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