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STANDPIPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does standpipe mean?
• STANDPIPE (noun)
The noun STANDPIPE has 1 sense:
1. a vertical pipe
Familiarity information: STANDPIPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vertical pipe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("standpipe" is a kind of...):
pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)
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