pipeline
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- noun
- /ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn/
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tubería
- The new oil pipeline was constructed to transport crude oil across several states.
- natural gas pipeline
- oil pipeline
- gas pipeline
Then the CIA, You're talking about the pipeline from Russia over to Germany.
- Then the CIA, You're talking about the pipeline from Russia over to Germany.
- It doesn't have to do with those pipelines to the Caspian Sea.
- And I said, Putin, why would Putin blow up his own gas pipeline so that he could blame us?
- North America is pipelines boom, boom, boom, and, and, and that's pretty unified.
- Nobody can say yes, we can build gas pipelines because those are federally, federally done.
- Usually they'll lay a pipeline from the platform back to the to the shore.
- Andreas Mom's book is called How to Blow Up a Pipeline.
- And to make the point clear, remember, they cut the they cut the underwater pipeline.
- And from there to North Dakota, where I was yesterday at the Standing Rock protests of the pipeline.
- It's you know why you look at cables for fiber and gas pipelines that suddenly get blown up by the Russians or by others.
- So the the two pipelines, OK, so Russia says, OK, we're not going to play this game anymore.
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And, and, and Germany also has a natural gas pipeline to other countries.
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It's essential the remaining pipelines are open on time.
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It's like a natural gas pipeline system, right?
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So it's pipeline delivered gas that is the issue.
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We have a pipeline to the West.
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Air and water quality around the pipeline must be monitored to ensure that the environmental impact is minimal.
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So China built this oil and gas pipeline in Myanmar.
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Now, this pipeline is a feat of human ingenuity.
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The gas comes by pipeline to the Andes from the dry Chaco.
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Until quite recently, the US industry was highly integrated, with pipelines performing both transportation and merchant functions.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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1.1
A long thin rope or wire used to carry things
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2.7
A long hollow pipe that carries liquids, gases, or small objects
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2.6
A large underground pipe that carries water to buildings
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3.1
A tube that carries fuel from a tank to an engine
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A long set of pipes that carries oil between places
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Long metal or plastic tubes that carry water, oil and gas
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A pipe that carries natural gas to a home or building
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1.0
A tube that carries water into a house or building
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A tube that carries hot steam under pressure
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A group of connected tubes that carry water or gas through a building
A pipe that carries oil or gas from a well to a processing plant
A vertical pipe in a building that carries water or gas to different floors
Idioms
Compounds
A major oil pipeline that runs about 800 miles across Alaska from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez
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A long pipe that carries oil about 800 miles from northern Alaska to the port of Valdez
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A vertical pipe in a building that carries water or gas to different floors
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A company that builds and runs services to move and change data so companies can use it
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pipeline comes from joining pipe and line, where pipe means a 'tube' and line means a 'long route'. So, a pipeline is a long system of pipes that carries liquids or gas from one place to another.