pipeline
A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
Noun 4 meanings
A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
“Meronyms: pipe, piping, pipework”
A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
“3D images are rendered using the graphics pipeline.”
A system or process through which something is conducted.
“A new version of the software is in the pipeline, but has not been rolled out.”
A widely observed pattern of development in personal interests, circumstances, or opinions.
“Many who grew up in foster homes in the county have fallen victim to the foster-care-to-homelessness pipeline.”
Verb 3 meanings
To design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next.
To convey by a system of pipes.
To lay a system of pipes through.
Etymology
From pipe + line.
PIPELINE at a glance
PIPELINE has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (P 3 + I 1 + P 3 + E 1 + L 1 + I 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,616 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with pipeline
All rhymesOne letter away
- PIPERINE12
- PIPELIKE16
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