plumbing meaning
EN
[ˈplʌmɪŋ] [-ʌmɪŋ] WPlumbing
- Plumbing is the system of pipes, drains, fittings, valves, and fixtures installed for the distribution of potable water for drinking, heating and washing, and waterborne waste removal.
- The plumbing industry is a basic and substantial part of every developed economy. The word derives from the Latin plumbum for lead, as the first effective pipes used in Roman era were lead pipes.
- "Plumbing" often denotes the supply and waste system of an individual building, distinguishing it from water supply and sewage systems that serve a group of buildings.
- NounPLplumbingsPREplumb-SUF-ing
- (uncountable) 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.
- (uncountable) The trade or occupation of a plumber.
- (uncountable, informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.
- My plumbing was playing up, so I had to see the doctor.
- (countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.
- (uncountable, informal) Something practical, concrete, real, down to Earth.
- This is not scientific research, it's a building project, engineering, plumbing.
- (uncountable) 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.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- When I flushed the toilet, the plumbing backed up and burst.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of plumbing in English Dictionary
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- Singularia tantum
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "plumbing" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.