Plumbing - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈplʌmɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word plumbing
Brit.  |ˈplʌmɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word plumbing
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be'to plumb

noun

- utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage
- the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) (syn: plumbery)
- measuring the depths of the oceans (syn: bathymetry)

Extra examples

The house has old plumbing.

We keep having problems with the plumbing.

The plumber is almost finished plumbing the apartment.

He was slumming it in a cabin without plumbing.

The plumbing in this house is positively medieval!

He did a bang-up job fixing the plumbing.

This book demystifies the male worlds of plumbing and carpentry.

The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing

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