Usually means: Vertical pipe for water distribution.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. standpipe: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. standpipe: Merriam-Webster
  3. standpipe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. standpipe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. standpipe: Collins English Dictionary
  6. standpipe: Vocabulary.com
  7. standpipe: Wordnik
  8. standpipe: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. standpipe: Wiktionary
  10. standpipe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. standpipe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. standpipe: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. standpipe: Dictionary.com
  14. Standpipe (firefighting), Standpipe (plumbing), Standpipe (street), Standpipe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Standpipe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. standpipe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. standpipe: Rhymezone
  18. Standpipe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. standpipe: FreeDictionary.org
  20. standpipe: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. standpipe: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. standpipe: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. standpipe: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Pool Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A vertical pipe into which water is pumped so that a desired pressure is available at the bottom.
noun:  (by extension) A vertical pipe used as an overflow protection drain in certain domestic plumbing fixtures (e.g. flush toilets).
noun:  The water supply of a building for the use of firefighters.
noun:  A freestanding pipe fitted with a tap which is installed outdoors to dispense water.

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