pipe
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Definitions
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- : a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- : a tube of wood, clay, hard rubber, or other material, with a small bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco, opium, etc.
- : a quantity, as of tobacco, that fills the bowl of such a smoking utensil.
- : Music. a tube used as, or to form an essential part of, a musical wind instrument.a musical wind instrument consisting of a single tube of straw, reed, wood, or other material, as a flute, clarinet, or oboe.one of the wooden or metal tubes from which the tones of an organ are produced.a small end-blown flute played with one hand while the other beats a small drum.
- : Nautical. boatswain's pipe. the sound of a boatswain's pipe.
- : the call or utterance of a bird, frog, etc.
- : pipes, Informal. the human vocal cords or the voice, especially as used in singing.
- : Usually pipes. Music.bagpipe. a set of flutes, as a panpipe. Informal.a tubular organ or passage of a human or animal body, especially a respiratory passage: to complain of congested pipes.
- : any of various tubular or cylindrical objects, parts, or formations, as an eruptive passage of a volcano or geyser.
- : Mining. a cylindrical vein or body of ore. a vertical, cylindrical matrix, of intrusive igneous origin, in which diamonds are found.
Phrases
- pipe down
- pipe dream
- pipe up
- in the pipeline
- lead-pipe cinch
- put that in your pipe
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Carson also warned that “there’s a fortune” to be made off building the parallel pipe.
The Water Authority estimates the pipe could save ratepayers other billions – eventually.
The Water Authority studied the pipe dream at least five times in the past.
While solids and liquids descend the network, sewer gases — often detectable by their odor — sometimes rise through pipes in the absence of sufficient water, said Morawska, who wasn’t part of the research team.
This weekend, NBC 7 reported that city workers did in fact move into the building before the sewage system had been repaired and the drinking water had been flushed — meaning there was brown water coming out of the pipes.
I was drawn to The Class for different reasons—chiefly, the pipe dream of achieving a tighter and tauter backside.
And then I said, ‘Well, chief, when the admiral comes aboard, the first mate has to pipe him in.’
It would be like if after the 40th pipe in Flappy Bird was a scarecrow.
There was poop humor—literally—when Valerie's house becomes flooded with fecal matter after a pipe bursts.
All it needs is one more “pipe” to select and transmit the crucial information.
Aristide washed and powdered Jean himself, the landlord lounging by, pipe in mouth, administering suggestions.
Drone: the largest tube of a bag-, giving forth a dull heavy tone.