waste pipes

noun

plural of waste pipe
as in tiles

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for waste pipes
  1. tiles
  2. drains
  3. smokestacks
  4. drainpipes
  5. mains
  6. waterspouts
  7. hydrants
  8. spouts
Noun
  • The tiles form pentagonal arrangements, yet pentagons can’t fit snugly side by side to tile the plane.
    — Patchen Barss, Wired News, 5 Oct. 2025
  • With no 6 pips dominoes, my best guess was this would need four 5 pip tiles and one 4 pip tile to complete.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of tiles
Noun
  • Descaling and Unclogging Uses Use cleaning vinegar to unclog stubborn drains by adding 1 cup of baking soda to your drain followed by 1 cup of cleaning vinegar, says Dills.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Below, San Angelo gives us several methods for cleaning bathroom sink drains, her best tips on how to avoid a clogged bathroom sink, and what to avoid when cleaning your bathroom sink drain.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
Definition of drains
Noun
  • The ship's smokestacks and other elements have been preserved for the museum.
    — Laura Fay, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • And yet the borders tell a grittier story, with smokestacks and warehouses and, just 2 miles away, refinery flames and black smoke spewing from the Suncor Energy complex.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of smokestacks
Noun
  • Others are refurbished remnants of the 20th century, with retention pools sporting planters that are actually slices of concrete drainpipes.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Kearns family pushes for change In the wake of the teen's death, the Kearns family pushed for Mason's Law, mandating the marking, guarding and grading of drainpipes in the state.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of drainpipes
Noun
  • The bar and pub has a wide food selection of appetizers, burgers, salads, flatbreads, sandwiches, bowls and mains.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The menu features handmade pasta alongside mains like trout finished with nutty brown butter and tomato pesto.
    — Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of mains
Noun
  • Nolo could also spawn tornadoes and large waterspouts over and near the Big Island and to the right of the track of the tropical cyclone.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Some stronger storms could produce winds of 35 mph or higher, and waterspouts cannot be ruled out, particularly east of the system's center.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of waterspouts
Noun
  • Some hydrants were jammed up by freezing temperatures; the blaze was contained in part because of a fireboat that Collins had funded.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The loss of pressure in hydrants has happened before in wildfires, including the 2008 Freeway Complex fire, the 2017 Tubbs and Thomas fires, the 2018 Woolsey fire and the 2024 Mountain fire.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of hydrants
Noun
  • Reattach & Run Water The last step is to reattach your showerhead and turn on the water to flush any remaining vinegar from the spouts.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2026
  • From flash flooding to water spouts turned tornadoes, August's weather has been particularly out-of-the-ordinary.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of spouts
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

waste pipe
waste pipes
waster
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Waste pipes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waste%20pipes. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Can' vs. 'May'

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
artwork of illustrated limes with the text limes and smile with an arrow connecting the two words
Quiz: Spot the Anagram! Scramble these words to find new words with the e...
See All