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Webster 1913 Edition
Plumbing
Plumb′ing
,Noun.
1.
The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.
Gwilt.
2.
The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.
Definition 2024
plumbing
plumbing
English
Noun
plumbing (plural plumbings)
- (uncountable) The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps and other fixtures of a water, gas or sewage system in a house or other building.
- (uncountable) The trade or occupation of a plumber.
- (uncountable, informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.
- My plumbing was playing up, so I had to see the doctor.
- (countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.
- (uncountable, informal) Something practical, concrete, real, down to Earth
- This is not scientific research, it's a building project, engineering, plumbing.
Synonyms
- (genitourinary system): waterworks (informal)
Related terms
Translations
pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building
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trade or occupation of a plumber
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informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system