indoor plumbing

noun

: a system of pipes that supply water to the inside of a building

The cottage has electricity but no indoor plumbing.

Examples of indoor plumbing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Brooks recalls that despite the hardships the community faced—such as having only one paved road on 35th Street and no indoor plumbing—the sense of unity and strength among residents in the neighborhood was strong. —J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025

Centuries ago, before indoor plumbing, people would use outhouses separate from their homes. —Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025

The film used a comedic and romantic tone to comment on various themes, from how lack of sanitation creates gender disparity and puts women at risk, to the health hazards of a lack of indoor plumbing. —Birgit Skarstein, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025

Air-conditioning, indoor plumbing, and window screens can limit high intensity human and mosquito interactions lowering the likelihood the U.S. will experience major dengue epidemics similar to those in Latin America and Southeast Asia. —Stephen J. Thomas, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024

Rhymes for indoor plumbing

• overcoming
• unbecoming
• becoming
• forthcoming
• homecoming
• incoming
• oncoming
• shortcoming
• succumbing
• upcoming
• coming
• cumming