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pipework

(ˈpaɪpwɜːk)
n
the pipes that are part of a machine, building, or structure
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.pipework - the flues and stops on a pipe organpipework - the flues and stops on a pipe organ
flue pipe, labial pipe, flue - organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
pipe organ, organ - wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
organ stop - a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
reed pipe - organ pipe with a vibrating reed
wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
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Translations

pipework

[ˈpaɪpwɜːk] Ntuberías fpl, cañerías fpl
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pipework

[ˈpaɪpwɜːrk] ntuyauterie f
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