"plumber's snake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plumber's snakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plumber's snake (plural plumber's snakes)
  1. A long, flexible tool, often with rotating blades at its forward end, which is inserted into a plumbing pipe system and used to remove clogs or other obstructions. Wikipedia link: plumber's snake Synonyms: auger, pipe snake, plumbing snake, toilet jack Translations (flexible rotating tool used to unclog a pipe): viemärinavausjousi (Finnish), viemärirassi (Finnish), furet [masculine] (French), vrille à déboucher [feminine] (French), Rohrreinigungsspirale (German), stakefjær (Norwegian), nyoka (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-plumber's_snake-en-noun-QRADz0hK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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