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# plumber

«plumber» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to fit and repair water pipes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a plumber, plumbers)

### meaning for a pupil

A plumber is a person whose job is to fit and repair water pipes, taps, toilets, sinks and heating systems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plumber/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you call a plumber when a pipe leaks, a toilet is blocked or the boiler breaks. In maths, plumbers' bills are a common problem: call-out fee + hours × rate. In safety, turn off the water at the stopcock while waiting for the plumber. Phrases: call a plumber, emergency plumber.

### examples

- We called a plumber because the kitchen tap was leaking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plumber/#x1)
- The plumber fixed our blocked toilet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plumber/#x2)
- The plumber charges £50 to come plus £30 an hour; 2 hours cost £110. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plumber/#x3)
- The plumber put in a new boiler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plumber/#x4)
- Dad tried to fix the pipe himself, then called a plumber. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plumber/#x5)
- A plumber needs a van full of tools and pipes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plumber/#x6)

### note

Countable noun. The b is silent: say PLUM-er. The work is called «plumbing». In maths, total cost = fixed fee + (rate × hours).

### In the corpora

- [An architect designs a building and works with engineers; builders, electricians, plumbers and many others build it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/34-buildings-and-architecture/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «plumber» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plumber/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.