waste pipe

noun

Definition of waste pipenext
as in tile

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Recent Examples of waste pipe Hundreds of acres of land owned by the Port were rezoned for industrial use, hooked up to new water and waste pipes, and powered by substations installed near the Port after Neal lobbied the local utilities. — Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025 Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers. — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023 Water-supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers. — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023 Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe. — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2023 Local environmentalists blamed a waste pipe running from the factory building into the ocean (fishmeal factories tend to produce lots of wastewater). — Holly Eva Ryan, Quartz Africa, 27 June 2019 Golden Lead this time chose a central spot on Gunjur beach to lay the waste pipe and staff members raised a Chinese flag in the process. — Holly Eva Ryan, Quartz Africa, 27 June 2019 When trip waste lever is in the drain position, the stopper is higher up the trip waste pipe and this should increase the drain rate. — Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waste pipe
  1. tile
  2. drain
  3. funnel
  4. smokestack
  5. main
  6. standpipe
  7. hydrant
  8. spout
Noun
  • Ceiling tile missing above walk in cooler in back receiving area.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Imagine a perfect replica of a sprawling metropolis, a Tokyo or a São Paulo, engraved at atomic dimensions on a tile the size of a fingernail.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of tile
Noun
  • That decade’s fully automatic machines could be left unattended to rinse, spin, and drain.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Outside bulk garbage receptacle lacks a drain plug installed.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of drain
Noun
  • Finish with Khaite’s funnel-neck leather jacket and Savette’s caramel top-handle bag.
    — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Exclusive to the new vessel is the two-story Believe Tower Suite, which sleeps eight inside the forward funnel and draws inspiration from the Magic Kingdom.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of funnel
Noun
  • On muddy gravel between the smokestacks and the water, a forklift held what looked like an enormous sack of sand.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The ship's smokestacks and other elements have been preserved for the museum.
    — Laura Fay, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of smokestack
Noun
  • The bar and pub has a wide food selection of appetizers, burgers, salads, flatbreads, sandwiches, bowls and mains.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The menu features handmade pasta alongside mains like trout finished with nutty brown butter and tomato pesto.
    — Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of main
Noun
  • The old building has no sprinkler system and firefighters depend on a standpipe to deliver water to the top floors, but the pipe has been disconnected for no one knows how long.
    — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 29 July 2026
  • Utilities might be shut off — and sprinkler or standpipe systems drained — leaving firefighters without tools that could slow a blaze.
    — Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2026
Definition of standpipe
Noun
  • Some hydrants were jammed up by freezing temperatures; the blaze was contained in part because of a fireboat that Collins had funded.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
  • There’s the fire-hydrant physique, a flat bat path that stays in the zone longer than those of other hitters and lightning-quick hands that often prove to be the difference between making contact and doing damage.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hydrant
Noun
  • Cleaning guides routinely single out lid gaskets, spouts and straws as the hardest parts of a reusable bottle to keep hygienic, and a 2025 study of bottles used by medical students found coliform bacteria in nearly half of the samples tested.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The kettle ostensibly includes a spout through which people are released as molecules are split from their collective bonds.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of spout

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“Waste pipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waste%20pipe. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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