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1. A pipe used to transport liquids or gases
   "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport";
   - line
    
2. (computing) a series of modules used in sequence to process information
    
3. Gossip spread by spoken communication
   - grapevine, word of mouth

1. Convey by a system of pipes

Derived forms: pipelined, pipelining, pipelines

Type of: comment, goss [Brit], gossip, pipage, pipe, piping, scuttlebutt [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Pipeline