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pipeline in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. gossip spread by spoken communication
    "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"
    grapevine  pipeline  word of mouth 
  2. a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
    "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
    pipeline  line 
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pipeline in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) a conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc
  2. (noun) a channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
  3. (noun) a system through which something is conducted
  4. (noun) (context/Surfing): The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when wave has started closing over.
  5. (verb) (transitive) To convey something by a system of pipes
  6. (verb) (transitive) To lay a system of pipes through something
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