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dip tubes

dip tubes is the plural of dip tube.

Meaning of dip tube

Noun

dip tube (plural dip tubes)

  1. A tube in a boiler that directs incoming cold water to the bottom of the tank, to be heated.
    • If the pilot light lights but continues to go out, replace the thermocoupling. If none of these methods prove fruitful, check the dip tube.1999, R. Dodge Woodson, Plumber's Standard Handbook, pages 25–19

Questions about dip tubes

What is dip tubes the plural of?
Dip tubes is the plural of dip tube.

Words near dip tubes in the dictionary

  1. dip stream
  2. DIP switch
  3. DIP switches
  4. dip the wick
  5. dip tube
  6. dip tubes
  7. dip-coat
  8. dip-coated
  9. dip-coating
  10. dip-coats
  11. dip-netter

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