plumbing
pluh ming
- n utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage
- n the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
- n measuring the depths of the oceans
- v measure the depth of something
- v weight with lead
- v examine thoroughly and in great depth
- v adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
- When Douglas realizes that his precious plumbing has actually been shipped in such a boat, he rushes to the rescue with a full panoply of American Efficiency: chartered planes .
- The microscopic plumbing and neural wiring will have to work as intended, with the circulatory system nourishing the new tissue and the nerves providing it both movement and .
- In March 2003 he was working on a pinhole leak in the plumbing of a private home in Washington when he heard talk of elevated lead levels in the local water.