pipeline

Study(18)

/ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn/

noun 5verb 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

gas, oil, water

VERB + PIPELINE

build, construct, lay

PIPELINE + VERB

supply sth

The new gas pipeline supplies electricity to thousands of homes across the region.

pass through sth, run through sth

Oil pipelines pass through several countries before reaching the port.

link sth

The oil pipeline links the factory to the storage facility across the valley.

PIPELINE + NOUN

network, system

PREP

in the ~

We have three new projects in the pipeline for next year.

~ across

Oil and gas companies built a major pipeline across the country to transport fuel to cities.

~ through

Oil pipelines through the desert carry fuel to cities across the region.

Definitions

noun

A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.

Meronyms: pipe, piping, pipework

An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea.

A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).

3D images are rendered using the graphics pipeline.

A system or process through which something is conducted.

A new version of the software is in the pipeline, but has not been rolled out.

April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightvillehttp://www.avclub.com/articles/fightville,72589/ The gym’s proprietor, “Crazy” Tim Credeur, heads up the Gladiator Academy, which serves as a pipeline for amateur MMA fighters to move up the ranks, though few of them do.

A widely observed pattern of development in personal interests, circumstances, or opinions.

Many who grew up in foster homes in the county have fallen victim to the foster-care-to-homelessness pipeline.

I recently had a peer reviewer demand that I refer to the so-called “Fortnite to alt-right pipeline” as though games automatically turn players into right-wing extremists.

A continuous, contributing source of benefits, talent, or innovation.

verb

To design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next.

To convey by a system of pipes.

To lay a system of pipes through.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

line

noun — gossip spread by spoken communication

grapevine

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

in the pipeline

Scheduled to occur in the future.

Last time I remember, I was chillin' like a villain. I had me a girl, couple a hot gigs, stuff in the pipeline that was going to bring da house down.

Example Bank

Meronyms: pipe, piping, pipework

Wiktionary

An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea.

Wiktionary

3D images are rendered using the graphics pipeline.

Wiktionary

The single pipeline serves all the house with water.

Tatoeba · #50745

This is the pipeline which supplies the town with gas.

Tatoeba · #55502

400,000 gallons of oil have spilled out of the pipeline.

Tatoeba · #72616

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, pipeline is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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