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plumbing fixture

American  
[pluhm-ing fiks-cher] / ˈplʌm ɪŋ ˌfɪks tʃər /

noun

plumbing fixtures plural
  1. a fixture such as a toilet, sink, showerhead, etc., that is attached to a network of water pipes.


Example Sentences

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This has me thinking that I should upgrade my existing bathroom with a home-spa plumbing fixture.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2021

But the plumbing fixture is also an object with a venerable Modernist art history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2019

Not since Marcel Duchamp submitted a porcelain urinal for exhibition at the 1917 Society of Independent Artists show has a plumbing fixture been so ennobled.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 14, 2016

But entering an oversize plumbing fixture to commune with classic modern art is like hearing Bach played by a man wearing a clown suit.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2012

The waste pipes from fixtures had to be so arranged that it would be impossible for foul odors and germ-laden air to enter the building through a plumbing fixture.

From Elements of Plumbing by Dibble, Samuel Edward

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