piping
Example Sentences
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That’s partly because heat pumps work by extracting heat from outdoor air, compressing it and piping it indoors, a thermal magic trick that’s harder to perform in places with subzero winters.
From Los Angeles Times
As a result she is currently unable to fulfill her dream of studying traditional piping at Glasgow's Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
From BBC
It doesn’t require architectural ambition or a steady hand with a piping bag.
From Salon
Checking up before a tight hairpin—braking late, downshifting with the paddle shifters, turning hard into hairpin corners, the weight of the wheel growing heavy, the little engine piping at full spool.
He stubbed his toe on a pile of PVC piping, which went rolling across the floor.
From Literature
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