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plumbing

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plumb·ing  (plmng)
n.
1. The pipes, fixtures, and other apparatus of a water, gas, or sewage system in a building.
2. The work or trade of a plumber.
3. Informal An arrangement of bodily vessels or ducts: "treating stroke victims by reversing the plumbing of the body's circulatory system" (Associated Press).

plumbing [ˈplʌmɪŋ]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Also called plumbery the trade or work of a plumber
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the pipes, fixtures, etc., used in a water, drainage, or gas installation
3. (Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) the act or procedure of using a plumb to gauge depth, a vertical, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.plumbingplumbing - utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage
plumbing fixture - a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building
utility - a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal; "the price of the house included all utilities"
2.plumbing - the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
building, construction - the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"
3.plumbing - measuring the depths of the oceans
measurement, measuring, mensuration, measure - the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
Translations
plumbing [ˈplʌmɪŋ] N
1. (= craft) → fontanería f, plomería f (LAm), gasfitería f (Chile)
2. (= piping) → tuberías fpl, cañerías fpl; (= bathroom fittings) → aparatos mpl sanitarios

plumbing [ˈplʌmɪŋ]
n
(= trade) → plomberie f
(= piping) → plomberie f
modif [business, supplies, system] → de plomberie plumbing fixtures
plumbing fixtures nrobinetterie f
plumb line nfil m à plomb

plumbing
n
(= work)Installieren nt; he decided to learn plumbinger beschloss, Installateur or Klempner zu werden; he does all his own plumbinger macht alle Installations- or Klempnerarbeiten selbst
(= fittings)Rohre pl, → Leitungen pl, → Installationen pl; (= bathroom fittings)sanitäre Anlagen pl; to inspect the plumbing (hum)die Lokalitäten aufsuchen (hum)

plumbing [ˈplʌmɪŋ] n (craft) → lavoro or mestiere m di idraulico; (piping) → impianto idraulico, tubature fpl
plumbing [ˈplʌmɪŋ] n (craft) → lavoro or mestiere m di idraulico; (piping) → impianto idraulico, tubature fpl

plumbing سِبَاكة instalace sanitære installationer Rohrleitung σωληνώσεις fontanería, plomería putkisto plomberie vodoinstalacije tubature 配管 배관 loodgieterswerk rørsystem instalacja wodociągowa canalização, encanamento водопроводное дело rörmokeri ท่อประปา musluk işleri đường ống nước 管道设施


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Still clutching his spear, he struck the water, and sank beneath its surface, plumbing the depths.
1894, when I wandered up the main street of Des Moines and was variously invited by strangers into various blind pigs--I remember drinking in barber-shops, plumbing establishments, and furniture stores.
The neighbourhood was thought remote, and the house was built in a ghastly greenish- yellow stone that the younger architects were beginning to employ as a protest against the brownstone of which the uniform hue coated New York like a cold chocolate sauce; but the plumbing was perfect.
 
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