Definition of Plumbing fixture

1. Noun. A fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building.

Generic synonyms: Fixture
Specialized synonyms: Fount, Fountain, Shower, Sink, Can, Commode, Crapper, Pot, Potty, Stool, Throne, Toilet, Urinal, Hydrant, Tap, Water Faucet, Water Tap
Group relationships: Plumbing, Plumbing System

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumbing Fixture

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

Literary usage of Plumbing fixture

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

1. Modern Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating: A New Practical Work for the by James Joseph Lawler (1903)
"Q.—What other protection is there than the water seal under each plumbing fixture against the entrance of sewer gas? A.—The ventilation of soil and waste ..."

2. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"Bidet is a modern plumbing fixture supplied with hot and cold water, waste pipes, traps, etc., intended for the washing or bathing of the posterior parts of ..."

3. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"Bidet is a modern plumbing fixture supplied with hot and cold water, waste pipes, traps, etc., intended for the washing or bathing of the posterior parts of ..."

4. Plumbing Catechism: Or, Theory and Practice of Plumbing Design in Question by Charles B. Ball, H. T. Sherriff (1906)
"What is a plumbing fixture? A plumbing fixture is a fixed sanitary appliance provided with a water supply and having a sewer connected waste. ..."

5. Supplement to Second Edition of Kerr's Cyclopedic California Codes by James Manford Kerr (1922)
"Whenever any plumbing fixture becomes insanitary the department charged with the enforcement of this act may cause the fixture to be removed and cause it to ..."

6. Consolidated supplement to the codes and general laws of the state of ...by California, James Henry Deering by California, James Henry Deering (1919)
"In every hotel hereafter erected every plumbing fixture shall be provided ... Every plumbing fixture affecting the sanitary drainage system in any hotel ..."

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