Meaning

1 senses
  1. A long, flexible tool, often with rotating blades at its forward end, which is inserted into a plumbing pipe system and used to remove clogs or other obstructions.

    Rohrreinigungsspirale

More definitions
  • a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
flexible tool used to unclog a pipe:

Forms

plural: plumber's snakes
Singularplumber's snake
Pluralplumber's snakes

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes:snakeauger

See also

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