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pipeline

/ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn/noun2 syllables

Pipeline means: gossip spread by spoken communication.

Synonyms for pipeline3

noun, as in gossip spread by spoken communication

grapevine, word of mouth

noun, as in a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

What does pipeline mean?2

noun

1

gossip spread by spoken communication“the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth”

2

a pipe used to transport liquids or gases“a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Pipeline in a sentence

  • The single pipeline serves all the house with water.unknown
  • This is the pipeline which supplies the town with gas.sundown
  • The archaeologists needed to relocate the burial grounds before the pipeline could be built.Eccles17
  • Macedonia is working to build a country-wide natural gas pipeline and distribution network.The_World_Factbook
  • The pipeline was slated to pass over miles of reservation land.mccarras
  • Building a new pipeline can take many years.Amastan
  • Algeria exports gas to Europe through two major pipelines.Amastan
  • There is a gas pipeline that extends between Algeria and Spain.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of pipeline

as a noun

plural
pipelines