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PLUMBING
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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
