Plumbing Synonyms & Definitions

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• PlumbingDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) 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.
(n.) The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plumb

• PlumbDefinition & Meaning in English

(a.) Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
(v. t.) To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.
(v. t.) To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
(n.) A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.
(adv.) In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
(v. t.) To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
(v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.