indoor plumbing

noun

: a system of pipes that supply water to the inside of a building

The cottage has electricity but no indoor plumbing.

Examples of indoor plumbing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Keep in mind indoor plumbing for the masses didn’t really exist until the late 1800s and early 1900s. — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2026

Technically, the area around the factory was unincorporated land, but workers and their families settled there in bare-bones housing, often without indoor plumbing, and came into Mancelona to attend school or buy groceries. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

The family lived in a railroad section house near the docks that went without electricity or indoor plumbing for years. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026

Pooja Gawali used to live in a one-room home with no indoor plumbing. — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for indoor plumbing

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