Meaning

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..

Definitions by Sense

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.
2. The trade or occupation of a plumber.
3. (informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.
4. (informal, figurative) Practical, concrete work serving to support other work.
5. (countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.
6. (slang, euphemistic) The genitourinary system.

Example Sentences

Water was dripping from the ceiling, so we figured there was a problem with the plumbing.

My plumbing was playing up, so I had to see the doctor.

I am sure that there are those who dislike me […] but as a person, not for the sake of my plumbing.

‹Why did I always think the ladies' room would be less gross? How do you girls freaking miss with your plumbing!?›

This is not scientific research as such: it's just plumbing.

Word Forms

• plumbings

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Use plumbing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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