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Plumbing   /plˈəmɪŋ/   Listen
Plumbing

noun
1.
Utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage.  Synonym: plumbing system.
2.
The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building).  Synonym: plumbery.
3.
Measuring the depths of the oceans.  Synonym: bathymetry.



Plumb

verb
(past & past part. plumbed; pres. part. plumbing)
1.
Measure the depth of something.
2.
Weight with lead.
3.
Examine thoroughly and in great depth.
4.
Adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical.



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"Plumbing" Quotes from Famous Books



... grayish brown, with cavernous verandas, and dormer- windowed roofs covering ten or twelve rooms. Within they are, if not elaborately finished, elaborately fitted up, with a constant regard to health in the plumbing and drainage. The water is brought in a system of pipes from a lake five miles away, and as it is only for summer use the pipes are not buried from the frost, but wander along the surface, through the ferns and brambles ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... finished the booklets we perceived, easy, that the United States from Passadumkeg, Maine, to El Paso, and from Skagway to Key West was a paradise of glorious mountain peaks, crystal lakes, new laid eggs, golf, girls, garages, cooling breezes, straw rides, open plumbing and tennis; and all within ...
— The Gentle Grafter • O. Henry

... in mind when planning a house are: first, a rectangular ground-plan; second, a one-chimney plan; third, to have only one stairway; fourth, eliminate as many doors as possible; fifth, the bathroom should be above the kitchen so as to reduce the cost of plumbing; and lastly, the rooms should be few and large rather than small and many ...
— The Century Handbook of Writing • Garland Greever

... is in order. We've got our installation- pole fixed to the roof of the house. I shouldn't advise you to turn on a tap or anything tonight. We've connected up with the plumbing, and all the water will be electrified." He repeated to me the history of the agitated ladies at the hotel at the time of the ...
— Traffics and Discoveries • Rudyard Kipling

... If the Plumbing wasn't out of Whack, the Furnace required too much Coal or else the Woman across the Street had ...
— People You Know • George Ade


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