how to pronounce plumbing

/ˈplʌmɪŋ/

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plumbing is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of plumbing in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and necessity and the shop floor plumbing bridge work and saw marie curie limone …”

meaning of plumbing

Plumbing is the installation of pipes, tubes, and fixtures to supply potable water to fixtures, such as sinks, baths, and showers, in a building.

plumbing frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word plumbing occurs in english on average 4.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics plumbing can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that plumbing can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) life, nature, and living environment;