plumbing

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: plumb=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

plumbing, n. 

•  The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.  Gwilt.  [1913 Webster]
•  The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

plumbing, n.
1 the system or apparatus of water-supply, heating, etc., in a building.
2 the work of a plumber.
3 colloq. lavatory installations.

THESAURUS

plumbing

accouterments, apparatus, appliances, appointments, appurtenances, armament, conveniences, duffel, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fittings, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, gear, impedimenta, installations, kit, machinery, materiel, munition, munitions, outfit, paraphernalia, plant, rig, rigging, stock-in-trade, tackle, things, utensils