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Definitions for Plumbing

[1] the system of pipes and other apparatus for conveying water, liquid wastes, etc., as in a building.
[2] the work or trade of a plumber.
[3] act of a person who plumbs, as in ascertaining depth.
[4] 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.
[5] true according to a plumb line perpendicular.
[6] Informal . downright or absolute.
[7] in a perpendicular or vertical direction.
[8] exactly, precisely, or directly.
[9] Informal . completely or absolutely: She was plumb mad. You're plumb right.
[10] to test or adjust by a plumb line.
[11] to make vertical.
[12] Shipbuilding . horn(def 32) .
[13] to sound with or as with a plumb line.
[14] to measure (depth) by sounding.
[15] to examine closely in order to discover or understand: to plumb someone's thoughts.
[16] to seal with lead.
[17] to weight with lead.
[18] to provide (a house, building, apartment, etc.) with plumbing.
[19] to work as a plumber.
[20] Also called: plumbery the trade or work of a plumber
[21] the pipes, fixtures, etc, used in a water, drainage, or gas installation
[22] the act or procedure of using a plumb to gauge depth, a vertical, etc
[23] a weight, usually of lead, suspended at the end of a line and used to determine water depth or verticality
[24] the perpendicular position of a freely suspended plumb line (esp in the phrases out of plumb, off plumb )
[25] (prenominal) informal , mainly US (intensifier) a plumb nuisance
[26] in a vertical or perpendicular line
[27] informal , mainly US (intensifier) plumb stupid
[28] informal exactly; precisely (also in the phrase plumb on )
[29] (tr often foll by up ) to test the alignment of or adjust to the vertical with a plumb line
[30] (tr) to undergo or experience (the worst extremes of misery, sadness, etc) to plumb the depths of despair
[31] (tr) to understand or master (something obscure) to plumb a mystery
[32] to connect or join (a device such as a tap) to a water pipe or drainage system

Words related to Plumbing

penetrate, explore, unravel, fathom, delve, sound, search, gauge, measure

Words nearby Plumbing

plumber's snake, plumbery, plumbic, plumbicon, plumbiferous, plumbing, plumbism, plumbous, plumbous oxide, plumbum, plumcot

Origin of Plumbing

1250–1300; Middle English plumbe, probably < Anglo-French *plombe < Vulgar Latin *plumba, for Latin plumbum lead

Words that may be confused with Plumbing

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, plumbplum, plumb

Other words from Plumbing

plumb·a·ble , adjective
plumb·less , adjective
plumb·ness , noun
re·plumb , verb (used with object)
un·plumb , adjective

Word origin for Plumbing

C13: from Old French plomb (unattested) lead line, from Old French plon lead, from Latin plumbum lead

Synonyms for Plumbing

delve, explore, fathom, penetrate, unravel, gauge, measure, search, sound, get to the bottom of, take soundings