Meaning

4 senses
  1. A vertical pipe into which water is pumped so that a desired pressure is available at the bottom.

    a vertical pipe

  2. A vertical pipe into which water is pumped so that a desired pressure is available at the bottom.

    (broadly)A vertical pipe used as an overflow protection drain in certain domestic plumbing fixtures (e.g. flush toilets).

    Steigleitung, Steigrohr

  3. The plumbing for a water supply in a building for the use of firefighters; the water supply itself (firewater).

    dry standpipe

    wet standpipe

  4. A freestanding pipe fitted with a tap which is installed outdoors to dispense water for everyday use.

    водорозбі́рна коло́нкаvodorozbírna kolónka

Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
freestanding outdoors water pipe with a tap:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
vertical waterpipe:

Origin

From stand + pipe.

From stand + pipe.

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Forms

plural: standpipes
Singularstandpipe
Pluralstandpipes

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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