pipefitting

Questions about pipefitting

What does pipefitting mean?

pipefitting means "fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together".

How many syllables are in pipefitting?

pipefitting has 4 syllables and divides as pi-pe-fit-ting under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pipefitting?

Close synonyms include pipe fitting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pipefitting a common word?

pipefitting is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.