Standpipe Definition

stăndpīp
standpipes
noun
A high vertical pipe or cylindrical tank for storing water and keeping it at a desired pressure, esp. such a large tank used in the water-supply system for a town, etc.
Webster's New World
A pipe or system of pipes through which water can flow, as for the operation of fire hoses on upper floors of a building.
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Other Word Forms of Standpipe

Noun

Singular:
standpipe
Plural:
standpipes

Standpipe Sentence Examples

  • Water is not led into the houses, but is supplied by the usual standpipe in the street.

  • The supply was brought into the town just after the terrible cholera outbreak of 1884, and as each new standpipe was erected in the strt.

  • The sanitary accommodation being in the cellar and a standpipe at the end providing the only water.

  • Water standpipe bollards, electrical supply bollards are also available.

  • They would have to collect the water they need in buckets or water carriers from a temporary standpipe in the street.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTA

Words Ending With

EPEIPE

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