service pipe

noun

A smaller pipe from a main pipe to a dwelling.

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Meanings

nounservice pipe (plural service pipes)

plural service pipes

  1. A smaller pipe from a main pipe to a dwelling.
  2. One of several pipes that carry resources to something.

    There are gaps above head height where timber-effect ribs have yet to be fitted but from those already in place it is clear the final effect will be impressive. Service pipes above the ribs are black so that they appear invisible.

    2019 October, Dan Harvey, “Crossrail Update: Whitechapel barrels on”, in Modern Railways, page 92

Translations

Irish píopa seirbhíse
  • píopa seirbhísea smaller pipe from a main pipe to a dwelling
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APA

service pipe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/service%20pipe

MLA

“service pipe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/service%20pipe. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “service pipe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/service%20pipe.

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