plumbing has definitions from the fields of work,business
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[ noun ] 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_system

Used in print

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

First_of_all there was the parsonage , an utterly impossible place for civilized people to live_in , originally poorly conceived , apparently not repaired for years , with no plumbing or sewage , with rat-holes and rot .

Related terms

utility plumbing_fixture

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[ noun ] (work,business) the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)

Synonyms

plumbery

Used in print

(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)

The interior_designer , then , must first be an artist but also understand carpentry and painting and lighting and plumbing and finance .

Related terms

trade construction

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[ noun ] measuring the depths of the oceans

Synonyms

bathymetry

Related terms

measure measurement plumb

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