pipeline

Meaning

Noun

1. A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
2. A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
3. (figuratively) A system or process through which something is conducted.
4. (figuratively) A widely observed pattern of development in personal interests, circumstances, or opinions.
5. (figuratively) A continuous, contributing source of benefits, talent, or innovation.
6. The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.

Verb

1. (transitive) To design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next.
2. (transitive) To convey by a system of pipes.
3. (transitive) To lay a system of pipes through.

Synonyms

conduit

piping

grapevine

pipe

tubing

duct

tube

line

word of mouth

lubber

nitwit

noddy

nozzle

numskull

oaf

pipe line

pipelining

rod

scuttlebutt

smoking pipe

spree

stream line

tract

trough

pipage

plumbing system

lead-out

oil pipe

pipe alley

pipe run

PL

production-line

conduit pipe

progressive assembly line

aqueduct

line of pipes

assembly line

bozo

canal

column

ducting

fathead

galoot

gas pipeline

Translations

Rohrleitung

Pipeline

oléoduc

oleoducto

pipeline

oleodotto

conduttura

gazoduc

oleoduto

pipeline

conduite

gasdotto

condotta

pijpleiding

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn/

Etymology

From pipe + line.