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pipelines

pipelines is the plural of pipeline.

pipelines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pipeline.

Meaning of pipeline

Noun

pipeline (plural pipelines)

  1. A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
    • Meronyms: pipe, piping, pipework
  2. 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.
  3. (figuratively) 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.
  4. (figuratively) 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.
  5. (figuratively) A continuous, contributing source of benefits, talent, or innovation.
  6. The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.

See all 9 meanings of pipeline

Phrases with pipelines

Questions about pipelines

What is pipelines the plural of?
Pipelines is the plural of pipeline.

Words near pipelines in the dictionary

  1. pipelike
  2. pipeline
  3. pipelined
  4. pipeliner
  5. pipeliners
  6. pipelines
  7. pipelining
  8. pipelle
  9. pipelles
  10. Pipels
  11. pipemaker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pipelines (page history and authors); pipeline (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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