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How to pronounce plumbing in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms plumbing system
Type of utility
Type Words
Synonyms bathymetry
Type of mensuration, measure, measurement, measuring
Derivation plumb
Type Words
Synonyms plumbery
Type of trade, craft

Examples of plumbing

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Now Roto-Rooter is doing a lot more plumbing work, such as fixing leaky faucets.
From the businessweek.com
Having years of experience often helps, at least as much as it does in plumbing.
From the dailyherald.com
Maybe it's the simple act of going to the bathroom and your plumbing is working?
From the kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
Not bad for a place where one voting precinct got indoor plumbing two years ago.
From the post-gazette.com
Bishop said their small plumbing outfit started getting calls during the debate.
From the dailyherald.com
He also has shaved energy use by insisting on an unconventional plumbing design.
From the online.wsj.com
He replaced old wiring, plumbing and roofing and added central air conditioning.
From the washingtonpost.com
He and his wife have fixed up that old farmhouse and it now has indoor plumbing.
From the charlotteobserver.com
It's a tight fit, packed to the rafters with parts, plumbing supplies and tools.
From the news.enquirer.com
More examples
  • Utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage
  • Bathymetry: measuring the depths of the oceans
  • (plumber) a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
  • Plumbing (from the Latin plumbum for lead, as pipes were once made from lead) is the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures for drinking water systems and the drainage of waste. ...
  • A plumber is a tradesperson who specializes in installing and maintaining systems used for potable (drinking) water, sewage, and drainage.
  • (Plumber (game)) Plumber is a game available for play on the Vii and VG Pocket Caplet.
  • (Plumber (program)) The plumber, in the Plan 9 from Bell Labs and Inferno operating systems, is a mechanism for interprocess communication, somewhat similar to copy and paste.
  • (The Plumber) The Plumber is a 1979 Australian film. Written and directed by Peter Weir, The Plumber was originally made and broadcast as a television film in Australia in 1979 but was subsequently released to theaters in several countries beginning with the United States in 1981. ...
  • (The Plumbers) The White House Plumbers, sometimes simply called the Plumbers, were a covert White House Special Investigations Unit established July 24, 1971 during the presidency of Richard Nixon. Its task was to stop the leaking of classified information to the news media. ...