ALL meanings of plumbing
plumb·ing
P p - verb with object plumbing to sound with or as with a plumb line. 1
- verb with object plumbing to measure (depth) by sounding. 1
- verb with object plumbing to examine closely in order to discover or understand: to plumb someone's thoughts. 1
- verb with object plumbing to seal with lead. 1
- verb with object plumbing to weight with lead. 1
- verb with object plumbing to provide (a house, building, apartment, etc.) with plumbing. 1
- verb without object plumbing to work as a plumber. 1
- idioms plumbing out of / off plumb, not corresponding to the perpendicular; out of true. 1
- noun Technical meaning of plumbing (Unix) 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 temporary 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 operating systems such as IBM's VM/CMS support similar facilities. The tee utility is specifically designed for plumbing. 1
- noun plumbing pipes of building 1
- noun plumbing genitourinary system 1
- noun plumbing work of a plumber 1
- noun plumbing a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line. 1
- adjective plumbing true according to a plumb line perpendicular. 1
- adjective plumbing Informal. downright or absolute. 1
- adverb plumbing in a perpendicular or vertical direction. 1
- adverb plumbing exactly, precisely, or directly. 1
- adverb plumbing Informal. completely or absolutely: She was plumb mad. You're plumb right. 1
- verb with object plumbing to test or adjust by a plumb line. 1
- verb with object plumbing to make vertical. 1
- verb with object plumbing Shipbuilding. horn (def 32). 1
- uncountable noun plumbing The plumbing in a building consists of the water and drainage pipes, baths, and toilets in it. 0
- uncountable noun plumbing Plumbing is the work of connecting and repairing things such as water and drainage pipes, baths, and toilets. 0
- noun plumbing the trade or work of a plumber 0
- noun plumbing the pipes, fixtures, etc, used in a water, drainage, or gas installation 0
- noun plumbing the act or procedure of using a plumb to gauge depth, a vertical, etc 0
- noun plumbing the work or trade of a plumber 0
- noun plumbing the pipes and fixtures with which a plumber works 0