plumbing

1. The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building. (countable, uncountable) · Water was dripping from the ceiling, so we figured there was a problem with the plumbing.
2. The trade or occupation of a plumber. (countable, uncountable)
3. A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system. (countable, informal, uncountable) · My plumbing was playing up, so I had to see the doctor.
4. Practical, concrete work serving to support other work. (countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable) · This is not scientific research as such: it's just plumbing.
5. A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments. (countable)
6. The genitourinary system. (countable, slang, uncountable)
7. The set of Git commands, such as `git hash-object` and `git write-tree`, which control the low-level state of the repository, typically not intended to be used in ordinary situations. (countable, uncountable) · Coordinate term: porcelain

Plural plumbings