PIPELINE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)