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plumbing   (TTS Sound)

The noun plumbing has 3 senses

• plumbing, plumbing system -- (utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage)


• plumbing, plumbery -- (the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building))


• bathymetry, plumbing -- (measuring the depths of the oceans)

The verb plumb has 4 senses

• plumb -- (measure the depth of something)


• plumb -- (weight with lead)


• plumb -- (examine thoroughly and in great depth)


• plumb -- (adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical)