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Plumbing
noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 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. countable, uncountable
"Water was dripping from the ceiling, so we figured there was a problem with the plumbing."
- 2 the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) wordnet
- 3 The trade or occupation of a plumber. countable, uncountable
- 4 measuring the depths of the oceans wordnet
- 5 A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system. countable, informal, uncountable
"My plumbing was playing up, so I had to see the doctor."
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- 6 utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage wordnet
- 7 Practical, concrete work serving to support other work. countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable
"This is not scientific research as such: it's just plumbing."
- 8 A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments. countable
- 9 The genitourinary system. countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable
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