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plumber's box

plumber's box noun: a method of transferring load between joists to enable a cutout of a joist to allow for a plumbing run, by having doubled-up cross-joists to run between the two adjacent joists of the severed joist at each side of the cut.

Noun

plumber's box (plural plumber's boxes)

  1. a method of transferring load between joists to enable a cutout of a joist to allow for a plumbing run, by having doubled-up cross-joists to run between the two adjacent joists of the severed joist at each side of the cut

Forms of plumber's box

pluralplumber's boxes

Questions about plumber's box

What does plumber's box mean?
Plumber's box means a method of transferring load between joists to enable a cutout of a joist to allow for a plumbing run, by having doubled-up cross-joists to run between the two adjacent joists of the severed joist at each side of the cut.
What part of speech is plumber's box?
Plumber's box is a noun.
What is the plural of plumber's box?
The plural of plumber's box is plumber's boxes.

Words near plumber's box in the dictionary

  1. plumber block
  2. plumber blocks
  3. plumber up
  4. plumber wrench
  5. plumber wrenches
  6. plumber's box
  7. plumber's butt
  8. plumber's cleavage
  9. plumber's crack
  10. plumber's friend
  11. plumber's friends

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