pipeline
noun
1. gossip spread by spoken communication
Similar word(s): grapevine
Definition categories: communication, comment, gossip, scuttlebutt
2. a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
- a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport
Similar word(s): line
Definition categories: man–made, pipage, pipe, piping
Sentences with pipeline as a noun:
- An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea.
- 3D images are rendered using the graphics pipeline.
- A new version of the software is in the pipeline, but has not been rolled-out.
verb
1. (transitive) To convey something by a system of pipes
2. (transitive) To lay a system of pipes through something
3. (computing, transitive) To design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next.