Plumbing (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)

Synonyms:

plumbery; plumbing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("plumbing" is a kind of...):

craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)

Holonyms ("plumbing" is a part of...):

building; construction (the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Measuring the depths of the oceans

Synonyms:

bathymetry; plumbing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("plumbing" is a kind of...):

measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)

Derivation:

plumb (measure the depth of something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage

Synonyms:

plumbing; plumbing system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("plumbing" is a kind of...):

utility (a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal)

Meronyms (parts of "plumbing"):

plumbing fixture (a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building)

II. (verb)

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb plumb

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