Plumbing
['plʌmɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building).
(noun.) utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plumb
(n.) The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.
(n.) The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.
Typed by Benjamin
Examples
- All that is now necessary is to put in the windows, doors, heater, and lighting fixtures, and to connect up the plumbing and heating arrangements, thus making the house ready for occupancy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The important sanitary feature in modern plumbing is to keep all sewer gas and disease germs out of the house. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typed by Harley