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riser pipe

riser pipe

1 6.5
A vertical tube that carries water or gas up between floors in a building
  • noun
  • /ˈraɪzər paɪp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tubería vertical
  • The pump may be installed in a side slope riser pipe and can pump contaminated liquids in any position, and systems are engineered to meet specific site needs.
  • riser pipe pump

Examples

  • What is the diameter of the riser pipe?

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  • I understand we are currently looking at the top of the BOP, and the stuff is gushing out of the attached riser pipe, which is bent and cracked.

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  • As he said, it's obviously not coming out of the riser pipe.

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  • The riser pipe doesn't quite extend 1 mile since it is collapsed in a pile with more than one kink.

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  • Its wheels allow it to be installed in a side slope riser pipe, and it can pump liquids in any vertical or horizontal position.

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  • This additional stream seems to be the one that NPR has been carrying, which just recently went back to the same video of the leaking riser pipes.

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  • It appeared to me that much more fluid was escaping through the end of the riser pipe, compared to the cracks near the BOP.

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  • The 'other' leak is at the end of the riser pipe—the end that used to be attached to the drilling rig.

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  • I think this may have been discussed a little earlier, but I wonder: what is inside the riser pipe at the top of the BOP (the one with five leaks now, or is it six?)

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  • The plumber installed a new riser pipe to ensure water flowed smoothly between the floors of the building.

Synonyms

pipe
vsriser pipe
344 1.0

A long hollow tube that carries water, gas, or oil

is the building vertical form used specifically between floors
drainpipe
vsriser pipe
9 2.5

A pipe that carries water away from a building, for example from the roof

sends fluids upward between floors rather than removing waste downward
water pipe
vsriser pipe
  • Specialized
6 1.0

A tube that carries water into a house or building

is specific to vertical building use moving fluids upward between floors
riser
vsriser pipe
  • Specialized
5 7.0

A vertical pipe in a building that carries water, gas, or waste to different floors

has identical meaning and use in buildings
steam pipe
vsriser pipe
  • Specialized
3 3.9

A tube that carries hot steam under pressure

is for general fluids upward between floors not limited to steam
standpipe
vsriser pipe
  • Specialized
2 7.2

A vertical pipe that carries water in buildings for fighting fires and plumbing

is broader, serving general upward fluid movement between floors
downpipe
vsriser pipe
  • UK
1 3.0

A pipe that carries rainwater from a roof to the ground or drain

moves fluids upward between floors, not down from roofs
riser pipeline
vsriser pipe
  • Specialized
6.5

A vertical pipe in a building that carries water or gas to different floors

shares the same general sense of upward distribution between floors
riser main
vsriser pipe
  • Specialized
7.2

A vertical pipe in a building that carries water or gas to different floors

means the same but highlights primary distribution role

Surface Forms

riser pipe singular
riser pipes plural

Morphology

riser + pipe

The meaning is directly compositional: 'riser' (vertical) combined with 'pipe' (tubular conduit) yields a pipe that runs vertically between floors, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the sense. Although 'riser' is somewhat technical vocabulary, the literal combination is common cross-linguistically and follows straightforward English noun–noun compounding, making it transparent to a B1 learner.

Etymology

The compound noun riser pipe comes from the image of riser, something that 'rises', and pipe, a tube. Picture a tube that climbs straight up a building carrying water or gas to higher floors, so it means a pipe that takes those fluids 'upward'.