trans-alaska pipeline

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Noun trans-alaska pipeline has 1 sense

Alaskan pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline - an oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez
--₁ is a kind of pipeline, line
--₁ is a part of Alaska, Last Frontier, AK

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Trans-Alaska Pipeline

Definition: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline is a major oil pipeline system that runs through the state of Alaska in the United States, transporting crude oil from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Alaska.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1: The physical pipeline system.

Sample Sentence: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline stretches over 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska.

Sense 2: The infrastructure and facilities associated with the pipeline.

Sample Sentence: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline changed Alaska's economy by providing employment opportunities and revenue for the state.

Sense 3: The transportation of crude oil through the pipeline.

Sample Sentence: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline can transport up to 2.1 million barrels of oil per day.

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