Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large elevated vertical pipe or cylindrical tank that is filled with water to produce a desired pressure.
- noun A pipe or system of pipes through which water can flow, as for the operation of fire hoses on upper floors of a building.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vertical pipe erected at a well or reservoir, into which water is forced by mechanical means in order to obtain a head-pressure sufficient to convey it to a distance.
- noun A small pipe inserted into an opening in a water-main.
- noun An upright gas-pipe connecting the retort and the hydraulic main.
- noun In a steam-engine, a boiler supply-pipe elevated enough to cause water to flow into the boiler in spite of the pressure of steam.
- noun A pipe on the eduction-pipe of a steam-pump to absorb the concussions due to the pulsation and irregularities caused by the necessary use of bends and changes in the direction of pipes.
- noun An upright pipe, open at the top, used in connection with a hot-water heating system to allow room for the expansion of the water when heated; an expansion-pipe.
- noun A portable pipe used to afford a high head of water at fires.
- noun A fixed vertical pipe for furnishing water to the upper part of a high building in case of fire. The stand-pipe may be connected to a high-pressure water-main or may be dependent on a hose from a fire-engine for its supply.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Engin.) A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance.
- noun (Steam Boiler) A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
vertical pipe into which water is pumped so that a desiredpressure is available at the bottom. - noun The water supply of a building for the use of
firefighters .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a vertical pipe
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Examples
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Prosecutors say the men knew about, failed to fix and even covered up a break in a crucial firefighting water conduit, called a standpipe, and that was a critical factor in the firefighters 'deaths.
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The disabled pipe, called a standpipe, cost firefighters critical time in getting water on the flames, playing a crucial role in creating the smoky inferno that ultimately killed firefighters Robert Beddia and
CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports 2010
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The disabled pipe, called a standpipe, cost firefighters critical time in getting water on the flames, playing a crucial role in creating the smoky inferno that ultimately killed firefighters Robert Beddia and
The Seattle Times 2010
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The disabled pipe, called a standpipe, cost firefighters critical time in getting water on the flames, playing a crucial role in creating the smoky inferno that ultimately killed firefighters Robert Beddia and
BLACK ENTERPRISE 2010
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There are photos of the old water tower known as the standpipe, a Sheffield landmark.
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The disabled pipe, called a standpipe, cost firefighters critical time in getting water on the flames, playing a crucial role in creating the smoky inferno that ultimately killed firefighters Robert Beddia and
Homepage 2010
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Another segment of the trail runs from the trail head to the city's historic standpipe, which is near the Tennessee River.
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The report describes the importance of dispatchers and fire fire crews having electronic access to location of the "standpipe"
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His attorney, Susan Hoffinger , told State Supreme Court Judge Rena Uviller , that the cutting of the standpipe was "accidental" and was a "red herring."
Contractors Claim 'Scapegoating' Tamer El-Ghobashy 2011
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Mr. DePaola's attorney said his client was a union worker hired to be an abatement supervisor who was fired three months before the fire broke out – but not before being rewarded for managing the clean up of the tower's building where the breach in the standpipe was located.
Contractors Claim 'Scapegoating' Tamer El-Ghobashy 2011
bilby commented on the word standpipe
"If the dry weather continues during spring, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned the drought could spread.
The dire warnings bring back memories of 1976 - a year synonymous with sun, widespread water rationing and standpipes in the streets."
- Vanessa Barford & Lauren Everitt, Eight radical solutions for the water shortage, BBC website, 4 April 2012.
November 25, 2012