B2nounenvironmentbusiness
US/ˈpaɪp.laɪn/
UK/ˈpaɪp.laɪn/
a long underground pipe that carries oil, gas or water over long distances
In context
A new gas pipeline will connect the coast to the capital.
Workers repaired the broken water pipeline in two days.
The oil pipeline runs for more than a thousand kilometers.
Words that go with pipeline
noun + noun
- gas pipelineThe gas pipeline crosses three countries.
- oil pipelineProtesters blocked the oil pipeline project.
- pipeline leakA pipeline leak polluted the nearby river.
verb + noun
- build a pipelineThe company plans to build a pipeline through the desert.
- lay a pipelineEngineers began to lay the pipeline last spring.