the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) 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)
System of pipes for the conveyance of water or gas in a building Also, the work performed to install such a system
The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc
utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage
A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system
Plumbing is the work of connecting and repairing things such as water and drainage pipes, baths, and toilets. She learned the rudiments of brick-laying, wiring and plumbing. System of pipes and fixtures installed in a building for the distribution of potable water and the removal of waterborne wastes. Plumbing is usually distinguished from water and sewage systems, which serve a group of buildings or a city. Improvement in plumbing systems was very slow, with virtually no progress made from the time of the Roman system of aqueducts and lead pipes until the 19th century. Eventually the development of separate, underground water and sewage systems eliminated open sewage ditches. Present-day water pipes are usually made of steel, copper, brass, plastic, or other nontoxic material. A building's waste-disposal system has two parts: the drainage system and the venting system. The drainage portion comprises pipes leading from various fixture drains to the central main, which is connected to the sewage system. The venting system consists of pipes leading from an air inlet (usually on the roof) to various points within the drainage system; by providing the circulation of air within the system, it protects the trap seals of fixtures from siphonage and back pressure. See also sewage system, water pollution, water-supply system
The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc
[UNIX] n Term used for {shell} code, so called because of the prevalence of `pipelines' that feed the output of one program to the input of another Under UNIX, user utilities can often be implemented or at least prototyped by a suitable collection of pipelines and temp-file grinding encapsulated in a shell script; this is much less effort than writing C every time, and the capability is considered one of UNIX's major winning features A few other OSs such as IBM's VM/CMS support similar facilities Esp used in the construction `hairy plumbing' (see {hairy}) "You can kluge together a basic spell-checker out of `sort(1)', `comm(1)', and `tr(1)' with a little plumbing " See also {tee}
The work or business of installing pipes, fixtures, and other apparatus for bringing in the water supply and removing liquid and water-borne wastes This term is used also to denote the installed fixtures and piping of a building