plumbing

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Synonyms: plumping, pluming, plumming, slumping, blubbing, plunging, pumping, plucking, clumping, climbing, numbing

Antonyms: plumping, pluming, plumming, slumping, blubbing, plunging, pumping, plucking, clumping, climbing, numbing

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Noun

1. The [[pipe]]s, together with the [[joint]]s, [[tank]]s, [[stopcock]]s, [[tap]]s{{,}} and other [[fixture]]s of a [[water]], [[gas]]{{,}} or [[sewage]] [[system]] in a [[house]] or other [[building]].
2. The [[trade]] or [[occupation]] of a [[plumber]].
3. {{lb|en|informal}} A system of [[vessel]]s or [[duct]]s in the [[human]] [[body]], especially the [[genitourinary]] system.
4. {{lb|en|informal|figurative}} {{cap|practical}}, [[concrete]] [[work]] serving to [[support]] other work.
5. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[Murasugi sum]] where each [[disk]] [[sum]]med along has its [[boundary]] [[subdivide]]d into [[four]] [[segment]]s.
6. {{lb|en|slang|euphemistic}} The [[genitourinary]] [[system]].
7. {{senseid|en|Git}} {{lb|en|programming|{{w|Git}}}} The set of {{w|Git}} commands, such as {{code|git hash-object}} and {{code|git write-tree}}, which control the [[low-level#Adjective|low-level]] state of the [[repository#Noun|repository]], typically not intended to be used in ordinary situations.

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