PLUMBER'S SNAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plumber's snake mean? 

• PLUMBER'S SNAKE (noun)
  The noun PLUMBER'S SNAKE has 1 sense:

1. a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

  Familiarity information: PLUMBER'S SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLUMBER'S SNAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

auger; plumber's snake; snake

Hypernyms ("plumber's snake" is a kind of...):

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

snake (something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plumber's snake"):

trap-and-drain auger (a plumber's snake for clearing a trap and drain)