- a series of pipes that are usually underground and are used for carrying oil, gas, etc. over long distances
- There are plans to lay a gas pipeline through the region.
- The pipeline runs through central Mozambique.
Extra Examples- The pipeline links the refinery with the port.
- The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.
- a pipeline across the desert
- the construction of a gas pipeline through Morocco
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gas
- oil
- water
- …
- build
- construct
- lay
- …
- supply something
- cross something
- pass through something
- …
- route
- network
- in the pipeline
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Idioms
See pipeline in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee pipeline in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishin the pipeline
- something that is in the pipeline is being discussed, planned or prepared and will happen or exist soon
- Important new laws are already in the pipeline.
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