Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Conveyance or distribution by pipes, as of water, gas, petroleum, etc.
- noun The amount charged for conveyance by pipes or pipe-lines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
plumbing , asystem ofpipes - noun a
charge made forpiping a fluid from one place to another
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
- noun a fee charged for the use of pipes
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Electric steel, in fact, all fine steel, should be cast in big-end-up molds with refractory hot tops to prevent any possibility of pipage in the body of the ingot.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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