plumber(n = noun.person) pipe fitter - a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances;
is a kind of artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman

1.  One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead pipes. [1913 Webster]

2.  Any worker who installs or repairs piping and related equipment for conveyance of water, gas, or drainage into or out of buildings, or within buildings to fixtures or equipment using water. The type of material used for the conduits varies with the application, and may be may be of lead, iron, copper, glass, palstic, or other material. [PJC]

plumber, n. a person who fits and repairs the apparatus of a water-supply, heating, etc.

Etymology:
ME plummer etc. f. OF plommier f. L plumbarius f. plumbum LEAD(2)

plumber block

1.  snake(n = noun.animal) ophidian, serpent - limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous;
is a kind of diapsid, diapsid reptile
is a member of ophidia, serpentes, suborder ophidia, suborder serpentes
has particulars: colubrid, colubrid snake, blind snake, worm snake, constrictor, elapid, elapid snake, sea snake, viper
Derived form adjective snaky₁

2.  snake(n = noun.person) snake in the grass - a deceitful or treacherous person;
is a kind of bad person

3.  snake(n = noun.object) snake river - a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition;
is a kind of river
is a part of gem state, id, idaho, beaver state, or, oregon, evergreen state, wa, washington, equality state, wy, wyoming
has parts: twin, twin falls

4.  snake(n = noun.object) hydra - a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer;
is a kind of constellation

5.  snake(n = noun.artifact) - something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake;
is a kind of object, physical object
has particulars: closet auger, auger, plumber's snake, trap-and-drain auger
Derived forms verb snake₁, verb snake₂

1.  snake(v = verb.motion) - move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake;
is one way to glide
Derived form noun snake₅
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

2.  snake(v = verb.stative) - form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley"
is one way to curve, twist, wind
Derived form noun snake₅
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP

3.  snake(v = verb.motion) - move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle"
is one way to meander, thread, wander, weave, wind
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

   Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent. [1913 Webster]
" Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man." [1913 Webster]

1.  To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out. Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

2.  To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm. [1913 Webster]

   To crawl like a snake. [1913 Webster]

snake, n. & v.
--n.
1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms such as cobras and vipers. b a limbless lizard or amphibian.
2 (also snake in the grass) a treacherous person or secret enemy.
3 (prec. by the) a system of interconnected exchange rates for the EEC currencies.
--v.intr. move or twist like a snake.

Idiom:
snake bird a fish-eating bird, Anhinga anhinga, with a long slender neck. snake-charmer a person appearing to make snakes move by music etc. snake-pit
1 a pit containing snakes.
2 a scene of vicious behaviour. snakes and ladders a game with counters moved along a board with advances up 'ladders' or returns down 'snakes' depicted on the board. snake's head a bulbous plant, Fritillaria meleagris, with bell-shaped pendent flowers.

Derivative:
snakelike adj.

Etymology:
OE snaca

N  evil doer, evil worker, wrongdoer, mischief-maker, marplot, oppressor, tyrant, destroyer, Vandal, iconoclast, firebrand, incendiary, fire bug, pyromaniac, anarchist, communist, terrorist, savage, brute, ruffian, barbarian, semibarbarian, caitiff, desperado, Apache, hoodlum, hood, plug-ugly, Red Skin, tough, Mohawk, Mo-hock, Mo-hawk, bludgeon man, bully, rough, hooligan, larrikin, dangerous classes, ugly customer, thief, cockatrice, scorpion, hornet, snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass, serpent, cobra, asp, rattlesnake, anaconda, canker-worm, wire-worm, locust, Colorado beetle, alacran, alligator, caymon, crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus, torpedo, bane, cutthroat, cannibal, anthropophagus, anthropophagist, bloodsucker, vampire, ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture, gyrfalcon, gerfalcon, wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman, blood-hound, hell- hound, sleuth-hound, catamount, cougar, jaguar, puma, hag, hellhag, beldam, Jezebel, monster, fiend, devil incarnate, demon in human shape, Frankenstein's monster, harpy, siren, Furies, Eumenides, Hun, Attila, scourge of the human race, faenum habet in cornu.

N  animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.

african coral snake, asian coral snake, australian coral snake, banded sand snake, banded water snake, black rat snake, black snake, black-headed snake, blind snake, bull snake, carpet snake, chicken snake, coachwhip snake, colubrid snake, common garter snake, common water snake, congo snake, coral snake, corn snake, eastern coral snake, eastern ground snake, eastern indigo snake, elapid snake, garter snake, glass snake, glossy snake, gopher snake, grass snake, green snake, ground snake, harlequin snake, hognose snake, hoop snake, house snake, indian rat snake, indigo snake, joint snake, king snake, leaf-nosed snake, lined snake, lyre snake, milk snake, new world coral snake, night snake, old world coral snake, pine snake, plumber's snake, rat snake, red rat snake, red-bellied snake, ribbon snake, ring snake, ring-necked snake, ringed snake, ringneck snake, rock snake, rough green snake, sand snake, sea snake, smooth green snake, snake charmer, snake dance, snake doctor, snake eyes, snake feeder, snake fence, snake fern, snake god, snake in the grass, snake mackerel, snake muishond, snake oil, snake palm, snake pit, snake plant, snake polypody, snake river, snake venom, snake wood, sonoran lyre snake, spitting snake, thunder snake, tiger snake, tow-headed snake, vine snake, viperine grass snake, water snake, western blind snake, western coral snake, western ribbon snake, whip snake, worm snake