Definition of Plumbing system

1. Noun. Utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage.

Exact synonyms: Plumbing
Terms within: Plumbing Fixture
Generic synonyms: Utility

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumbing System

plumber's crack
plumber's friend
plumber's helper
plumber's snake
plumber block
plumberies
plumberless
plumbers
plumbery
plumbian
plumbic
plumbiferous
plumbing
plumbing fixture
plumbing snake
plumbing system (current term)
plumbingless
plumbings
plumbism
plumbisms
plumbite
plumbites
plumbline
plumblines
plumbness
plumbnesses
plumbo-
plumboan
plumbobetafite
plumboferrite

Literary usage of Plumbing system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by Nathan Clarke Johnson, George Albert Hool (1920)
"When old or defective plumbing is to be remodeled, additional fixtures installed or tie whole plumbing system moved to another part of the building, ..."

2. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"Advanced plumbing system.—The advanced system (c) of plumbing has up to the present time been installed in only comparatively few cases. ..."

3. Modern Plumbing Illustrated: A Comprehensive and Thoroughly Practical Work by Robert Macy Starbuck (1915)
"The difference arises principally because of the fact that usually the plumbing system installed in the country cannot enter a system of public sewers, ..."

4. Modern Plumbing Illustrated: A Comprehensive and Thoroughly Practical Work by Robert Macy Starbuck (1922)
"The difference arises principally because of the fact that usually the plumbing system installed in the country cannot enter a system of public sewers, ..."

5. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"Advanced plumbing system.— The advanced system (c) of plumbing has up to the present time been installed in only comparatively few cases. ..."

6. Housewifery: A Manual and Text Book of Practical Housekeeping by Lydia Ray Balderston (1919)
"The first question in establishing a plumbing system is how to get the water; the next, the kind of water; and then follows the question of what to do with ..."

7. Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks by National Research Council (U.S.), National Academies Press (U.S. (2006)
"Effects of climate, consumer behavior in bathing and showering, and the specifics of plumbing system design and operation are likely to be key contributing ..."

8. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by Nathan Clarke Johnson, George Albert Hool (1920)
"When old or defective plumbing is to be remodeled, additional fixtures installed or tie whole plumbing system moved to another part of the building, ..."

9. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"Advanced plumbing system.—The advanced system (c) of plumbing has up to the present time been installed in only comparatively few cases. ..."

10. Modern Plumbing Illustrated: A Comprehensive and Thoroughly Practical Work by Robert Macy Starbuck (1915)
"The difference arises principally because of the fact that usually the plumbing system installed in the country cannot enter a system of public sewers, ..."

11. Modern Plumbing Illustrated: A Comprehensive and Thoroughly Practical Work by Robert Macy Starbuck (1922)
"The difference arises principally because of the fact that usually the plumbing system installed in the country cannot enter a system of public sewers, ..."

12. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"Advanced plumbing system.— The advanced system (c) of plumbing has up to the present time been installed in only comparatively few cases. ..."

13. Housewifery: A Manual and Text Book of Practical Housekeeping by Lydia Ray Balderston (1919)
"The first question in establishing a plumbing system is how to get the water; the next, the kind of water; and then follows the question of what to do with ..."

14. Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks by National Research Council (U.S.), National Academies Press (U.S. (2006)
"Effects of climate, consumer behavior in bathing and showering, and the specifics of plumbing system design and operation are likely to be key contributing ..."

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