'pipeline' definitions:
Definition of 'pipeline'
From: WordNet
noun
Gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" [syn: grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth]
noun
A pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport" [syn: pipeline, line]
Definition of 'pipeline'
From: GCIDE
- pipeline \pipeline\, pipe line \pipe line\
- 1. A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, gases, or finely divided solids, such as petroleum or natural gas, between distant points. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
- 2. fig. an information channel direct from the source. [PJC]
- 3. the set of stages and processes from the invention or design of a product to its ultimate use, production, or commercial sale. Used commonly in the phrase
- in the pipeline, i. e. still in preparation or under development. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'pipeline'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjutage,
- bush telegraph,
- catheter,
- channel,
- coming,
- conduit,
- confidential information,
- connection,
- contact,
- conveyor,
- cooking,
- drainpipe,
- duct,
- efflux tube,
- fire hose,
- flue pipe,
- flume,
- funnel,
- garden hose,
- gas pipe,
- grapevine,
- grapevine telegraph,
- hose,
- hosepipe,
- imminent,
- in the offing,
- in the works,
- inside dope,
- inside information,
- insider,
- line,
- main,
- nipple,
- on the way,
- organ pipe,
- origin,
- passage,
- pipe,
- pipette,
- piping,
- put through channels,
- ready,
- reed,
- reed pipe,
- siamese,
- siamese connection,
- siphon,
- snorkel,
- soil pipe,
- source,
- standpipe,
- steam pipe,
- stem,
- straw,
- supplier,
- tap,
- the lowdown,
- tube,
- tubing,
- tubulation,
- tubule,
- tubulet,
- tubulure,
- under way,
- waste pipe,
- water pipe,
- wellspring