pipeline

«pipeline» in Mova's school dictionary: A long line of pipes that carries oil, gas or water over… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a pipeline, pipelines)

meaning for a pupil

1) A long line of pipes that carries oil, gas or water over long distances. tree →

2) «In the pipeline»: being planned or prepared, coming soon. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography: oil and gas pipelines cross countries and seas. In everyday talk: «A new playground is in the pipeline.» In computing, a pipeline is a series of steps that data passes through.

examples

• The pipeline carries gas across the sea. tree →
• A new swimming pool is in the pipeline. tree →
• Water flows through the pipeline to the city. tree →
• Workers checked the pipeline for leaks. tree →
• Big changes are in the pipeline at school. tree →
• The oil pipeline is hundreds of miles long. tree →

note

Countable. One word. Phrase: «in the pipeline» = coming soon.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pipeline» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.