PIPEWORK Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word pipework. (close relations)
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| pipe | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco • a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. • a hollow cylindrical shape • a tubular wind instrument • the flues and stops on a pipe organ verb • utter a shrill cry • transport by pipeline • play on a pipe • trim with piping | ||||||
| channel | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a path over which electrical signals can pass • a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through • a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) • a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels • (often plural) a means of communication or access • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance • a television station and its programs • a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors verb • transmit or serve as the medium for transmission • direct the flow of • send from one person or place to another | ||||||
| conduit | nounn | |||||
noun • a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass | ||||||
| drain | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it • tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material • a pipe through which liquid is carried away • a gradual depletion of energy or resources verb • flow off gradually • deplete of resources • empty of liquid; drain the liquid from • make weak | ||||||
| duct | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance • a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls • an enclosed conduit for a fluid | ||||||
| hose | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) • man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet • a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas verb • water with a hose | ||||||
| pipeline | nounn | |||||
noun • gossip spread by spoken communication • a pipe used to transport liquids or gases | ||||||
| plumbing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
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) • measuring the depths of the oceans | ||||||
| sewage | nounn | |||||
noun • waste matter carried away in sewers or drains | ||||||
| tube | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases • electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope • a hollow cylindrical shape • (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure • an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) verb • provide with a tube or insert a tube into • convey in a tube • ride or float on an inflated tube • place or enclose in a tube | ||||||
| tubing | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases | ||||||
| organ pipe | nounn | |||||
noun • the flues and stops on a pipe organ | ||||||
