pipeline

[US]/ˈpaɪplaɪn/
[UK]/ˈpaɪplaɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. conduit for transferring materials or information; pathway for delivering oil

Phrases & Collocations

oil pipeline

pipeline transportation

natural gas pipeline

pipeline maintenance

pipeline network

gas pipeline

pipeline system

in the pipeline

pipeline construction

underground pipeline

pipeline operation

submarine pipeline

petroleum pipeline

drainage pipeline

pipeline transport

pipeline gas

slurry pipeline

main pipeline

pipeline pump

distribution pipeline

Example Sentences

a pipeline across the desert

The pipeline links the refinery with the port.

the biggest heroin pipeline in history.

a pipeline serving the house with water

They reported that the pipeline had ruptured.

Important changes are already in the pipeline.

The two ends of the pipeline are connected with the radiator.

A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.

Each command in a pipeline is executed as a separate process (i.e., in a subshell).

The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.

FRP,slab,pipeline,tanks,jags,boats and bath tubes products.

The disinfection facilities include storage, dosing and associated pipeline systems for sodium hypochlorite sodium bisulphite.

Therefore, the water-surface crossing with mobile flexible pipelines is often adopted and it is a first choice to cross an innavigable river.

Both materials can't resist the corrosion of strong oxidable acid.The fluorine alloy pump has a metal shell pipeline and outside.

The implementation of hot work for station crude oil pipeline must be in accordance with the standard of SY5859-93 because the media transported are solidifiable,inflammable,and explosive.

Oil/water liquidoid exists as water-oil emulsion in pipeline of the triphase (oil,gas,water)mixed transportation.

The failure of directly buried heat-supply pipeline is discussed, and the design essentials are put forward in accordance with local buckling and ovalization deformation.

This will save the expense of building pipelines to plants onshore and thus allow “stranded” gas, once thought unviable, to be exploited.

The oil pipeline terminates at a shipping port. Negotiations terminated yesterday.See Synonyms at complete

Real-world Examples

They also say that companies that own the pipelines can play favorites.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2017 Collection

They're discussing differences over a Russian gas pipeline.

Source: AP Listening Collection July 2021

They shut down pipelines in Libya.

Source: VOA Standard English - Middle East

They had also plotted school-to-activism pipelines for local kids.

Source: Time

Several polls have indicated most Americans support building the pipeline.

Source: CNN Selected February 2015 Collection

The big item is the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Source: NPR News February 2022 Compilation

They found a new pipeline for talent.

Source: Vox opinion

An underground pipeline of illicit wealth fueling Kim's nuclear ambitions.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

Then, the water can be extracted and enter the drinking water pipeline.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

It is building a second pipeline to China.

Source: Financial Times

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