"plumbing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈplʌmɪŋ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-plumbing.wav [Southern-England] Forms: plumbings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} plumbing (countable and uncountable, plural plumbings)
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building): խողովակաշար (xoġovakašar) (Armenian), ջրմուղ (ǰrmuġ) (Armenian), водопровод (vodoprovod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), loodgieterswerk [neuter] (Dutch), riolering [feminine] (Dutch), putkisto (Finnish), tuyauterie [feminine] (French), plomberie [feminine] (French), Verrohrung [feminine] (German), Rohrleitung [feminine] (German), Installation [feminine] (German), υδραυλικά (ydravliká) [neuter, plural] (Greek), vízvezeték szerelés (Hungarian), ledeng (Indonesian), pipa ledeng (Indonesian), saluran pipa (Indonesian), impianto idraulico [masculine] (Italian), rubinetteria [feminine] (Italian), 配管 (haikan) (Japanese), 上下水道設備 (jōge-suidō-setsubi) (english: water systems) (Japanese), водовод (vodovod) [masculine] (Macedonian), instalacja wodno-kanalizacyjna [feminine] (Polish), encanamento [masculine] (Portuguese), țevărie (Romanian), санте́хника (santéxnika) [feminine] (Russian), vȍdovōd [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cañería [feminine] (Spanish), ledningsdragning [common-gender] (Swedish), rörmokeri [neuter] (Swedish), VVS (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-plumbing-en-noun-SfsYMOkr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 3 16 13 20 Disambiguation of 'pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building': 80 1 11 4 5
  2. The trade or occupation of a plumber. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (trade or occupation of a plumber): سِبَاكَة (sibāka) [feminine] (Arabic), loodgieterswerk [neuter] (Dutch), plomberie [feminine] (French), Klempnerei [feminine] (German), Klempnerarbeit [feminine] (German), υδραυλικές εργασίες (ydravlikés ergasíes) [feminine, plural] (Greek), lavoro di idraulico [masculine] (Italian), 配管業 (haikan-gyō) (english: trade) (Japanese), 配管工 (haikan-kō) (english: occupation) (Japanese), водоводџиство (vodovoddžistvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), водоинсталација (vodoinstalacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), fontanería [feminine] (Spanish), plomería [feminine] (Spanish), rörmokeri [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-plumbing-en-noun-8G5upLJ1 Disambiguation of 'trade or occupation of a plumber': 1 95 1 3 1
  3. (informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Synonyms (genitourinary system): waterworks [informal] Translations (informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system): suolisto (Finnish), suolet (Finnish), ruoansulatus (Finnish), tuyauterie [feminine] (French), Gedärm [neuter] (German), Unterleib [masculine] (German), mage [common-gender] (Swedish), matsmältning (Swedish), urinvägarna [plural] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-plumbing-en-noun-VDt~LUqK Disambiguation of 'genitourinary system': 22 0 68 4 6 Disambiguation of 'informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system': 8 1 83 5 3
  4. (informal, figurative) Practical, concrete work serving to support other work. Tags: countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-plumbing-en-noun-Njl2TCUu
  5. (countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments. Tags: countable Translations (a Murasugi sum): plombage [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-plumbing-en-noun-FCzOR7Fi Disambiguation of 'a Murasugi sum': 1 1 1 2 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inspect the plumbing, plumbing snake Related terms: plumb, plumber, waterworks

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          "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
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        {
          "ref": "2017 June 30, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 966 - Déjà vu",
          "text": "‹Why did I always think the ladies' room would be less gross? How do you girls freaking miss with your plumbing!?›",
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          "word": "tuyauterie"
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          "word": "Gedärm"
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          "word": "Unterleib"
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          "word": "matsmältning"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Installation"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "rubinetteria"
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
      "word": "配管"
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
      "word": "上下水道設備"
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "instalacja wodno-kanalizacyjna"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "encanamento"
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      "word": "țevărie"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "санте́хника"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "vȍdovōd"
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cañería"
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      "word": "ledningsdragning"
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
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      "sense": "pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "سِبَاكَة"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
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        "plural"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lavoro di idraulico"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haikan-gyō",
      "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
      "word": "配管業"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "haikan-kō",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "tags": [
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      "roman": "vodoinstalacija",
      "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "водоинсталација"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fontanería"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "trade or occupation of a plumber",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rörmokeri"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system",
      "word": "suolisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system",
      "word": "suolet"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system",
      "word": "ruoansulatus"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tuyauterie"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system",
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      "word": "Gedärm"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Unterleib"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mage"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system",
      "word": "matsmältning"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "urinvägarna"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a Murasugi sum",
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