Synonyms for plumbing
ˈplʌm ɪŋplumb·ing

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1. plumbingnoun

   A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.

   My plumbing was playing up, so I had to see the doctor.

   Synonyms:
   waterworks

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plumbing, plumbing systemnoun

   utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage

   Synonyms:
   plumbery, plumbing system, bathymetry

2. plumbing, plumberynoun

   the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)

   Synonyms:
   plumbery, plumbing system, bathymetry

3. bathymetry, plumbingnoun

   measuring the depths of the oceans

   Synonyms:
   plumbery, plumbing system, bathymetry

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1. • Measurement
   • Trade
   • Utility

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1. List of paraphrases for "plumbing":

   plumber, piping, pipe

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How to use plumbing in a sentence?

1. Michael Farias:

   Each van has to stock 450 plumbing parts.

2. Eddy Trotter:

   They’ve known about issues with the plumbing in the building and drainage and the standpipe, and the fire department has known about it too.

3. Ed Mills:

   Robert Broeksmit would see widescale failures within the servicing system, that would raise real questions about the plumbing of the housing finance system going forward.

4. Tom Perez:

   You know when your plumbing goes out in your house or the water pipes in Flint (Michigan) corrode, it has life threatening consequences, and similarly when the political infrastructure corrodes, we lose elections.

5. J. William Fulbright:

   It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which our system is built. These values imply our adherence not only to liberty and individual freedom, but also to international peace, law and order, and constructive social purpose. When we depart from these values, we do so at our peril.