standpipe
Americannoun
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a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
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a water pipe for supplying the fire hoses of a building, connected with the water supply of the building and usually with a siamese outside the building.
noun
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a vertical pipe, open at the upper end, attached to a pipeline or tank serving to limit the pressure head to that of the height of the pipe
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a temporary freshwater outlet installed in a street during a period when household water supplies are cut off
Etymology
Origin of standpipe
Vocabulary lists containing standpipe
Vocabulary from history writings about the Triangle Factory Fire
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Example Sentences
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As she filled up plastic jerry cans with water from a standpipe in the street, the 39-year-old admitted she was struggling to provide the food and water her young children needed.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024
You might also try disassembling and cleaning the P-trap below the standpipe.
From Washington Post • May 23, 2022
“The lid concealed the theft because it prevented people from seeing that the gate inside the standpipe was functional,” prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
The next morning I was using a standpipe close to our tents when I heard a loud rustling.
From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2019
I always measure things by that six hundred dollars, just as I measure high buildings by the Moonstone standpipe.
From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert
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