pipe fitter

noun

: a worker who installs and repairs piping

Examples of pipe fitter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Antonellis said there were also another dozen pipe fitters inside. — David Wade, CBS News, 18 June 2026 The pipe fitter at a pharmaceutical plant is installing the ultrapure water systems that drugmakers need to make medicine safe. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026 And in summer, pipe fitters and machinists sat on porch decks, cooled by the urban sea-breezes that pulled kitchen-curtain flags outside open windows, wafting the galley scents of cabbage and garlic to the homes docked on nearby lots. — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025 In northern Virginia, for example, there’s no lack of people applying to become plumbers or pipe fitters, even as data center construction has surged in the area, Madello says. — Caroline Haskins, Wired News, 15 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pipe fitter

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pipe fitter was in 1860

Rhymes for pipe fitter

See All Rhymes for pipe fitter

Browse Nearby Words

pipefish
pipe fitter
pipe fitting
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Pipe fitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipe%20fitter. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

Kids Definition

pipe fitter

noun
: a person who installs and repairs piping
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
hangman letters and game
Hangman Lightning Round Figure out which word fits in the blanks.
See All