wiring

noun

wir·​ing ˈwī(-ə)r-iŋ 

plural wirings

1

: the act of providing or using wire

2

: a system of wires

especially : an arrangement of wires used for electric service distribution

plumbing and wiring

(figurative) the brain's wiring

A licensed electrician must be contacted to make repairs if there's damage or if water has entered the walls around electric wirings.

—Luis Zambrano

Examples of wiring in a Sentence

All the wiring in the house needs to be replaced.

He fixed the radio's wiring.

Recent Examples on the Web

When a facility this power-hungry goes dark, the loss is not the wiring. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

And there’s still a bit more optimization that could be done with the electrical wiring as well as increasing the baseline transparency of the components themselves. — IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026

Think wiring harnesses and fluid hoses, rather than sheet metal or frame components. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 16 July 2026

Most of those cases involve cooking equipment, fireplaces and chimneys, space heaters, lamps, bulbs, wiring and candles. — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for wiring

• firing
• hiring
• quiring
• tiring
• acquiring
• admiring
• aspiring
• conspiring
• enquiring
• expiring
• inspiring
• perspiring

Kids Definition

wiring

noun

1

: the act of providing or using wire

2

: a system of wires

especially : an arrangement of wires used for electric distribution