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pipe-layer

pipe-layer is the alternative form of pipelayer.

Meaning of pipelayer

Noun

pipelayer (plural pipelayers)

  1. One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, for water, gas, etc.
    • Near-synonym: pipefitter (not always differentiated in practice)
    Synonyms:
    pipefitter
  2. (US, dated, slang) A politician who works in secret.

Forms of pipe-layer

pluralpipe-layers

Questions about pipe-layer

What is pipe-layer the alternative form of?
Pipe-layer is the alternative form of pipelayer.

Words near pipe-layer in the dictionary

  1. pipe-fish
  2. pipe-fishes
  3. pipe-hawk
  4. pipe-hitter
  5. pipe-hitters
  6. pipe-layer
  7. pipe-layers
  8. pipe-light
  9. pipe-opener
  10. pipe-openers
  11. pipe-staple

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pipe-layer (page history and authors); pipelayer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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