It could carry air or a tear (4)

I believe the answer is:

duct

(Other definitions for duct that I've seen before include "Air passage" , "Passage for cables etc." , "Tube for conveing cable, liquid etc" , "Tube for cables, air, etc" , "Pipe conveying fluid or gas" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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