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PIPELINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pipe used to transport liquids or gases
Example:
a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport
Synonyms:
line; pipeline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pipeline" is a kind of...):
pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pipeline"):
gas line (a pipeline used to transport natural gas)
oil pipeline (a pipeline used to transport oil)
Instance hyponyms:
Alaskan pipeline; trans-Alaska pipeline (an oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Gossip spread by spoken communication
Example:
the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth
Synonyms:
grapevine; pipeline; word of mouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pipeline" is a kind of...):
comment; gossip; scuttlebutt (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people)
