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Noun (5 meanings)
1. a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco.
pipe is a type of:
- tube, tubing (noun) - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
types of pipe:
- briar, briar pipe (noun) - a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
- calabash, calabash pipe (noun) - a pipe for smoking
- calumet, peace pipe, pipe of peace (noun) - a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians
- clay pipe (noun) - a pipe made of clay
- hookah, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, chicha, calean, kalian, water pipe, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly (noun) - an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
- meerschaum (noun) - a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum
parts of pipe:
- bowl, pipe bowl (noun) - a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
- mouthpiece (noun) - the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth
- stem (noun) - the tube of a tobacco pipe
2. a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc..
pipe is a type of:
- tube, tubing (noun) - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
types of pipe:
- chimneypot (noun) - a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft
- discharge pipe (noun) - a pipe through which fluids can be discharged
- drain, drainpipe, waste pipe (noun) - a pipe through which liquid is carried away
- drilling pipe (noun) - a series of tubes (joined by screwed collars) that connect a drilling platform to the drilling bit
- elbow (noun) - a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it
- exhaust pipe (noun) - a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler
- fuel line, gas line, petrol line (noun) - a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine
- main (noun) - a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
- manifold (noun) - a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes
- pipeline, line (noun) - a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
- riser, riser pipe, riser pipeline, riser main (noun) - a vertical pipe in a building
- sparge pipe (noun) - a horizontal pipe having fine holes drilled throughout its length so as to deliver a spray of water
- standpipe (noun) - a vertical pipe
- steam line, steam pipe (noun) - a pipe conducting steam
- tailpipe (noun) - a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car
parts of pipe:
- spout (noun) - an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain
pipe is derivationally related to:
- to pipe (verb) - transport by pipeline
4. a tubular wind instrument.
pipe is a type of:
- wind instrument, wind (noun) - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
types of pipe:
- bagpipe (noun) - a tubular wind instrument
- chanter, melody pipe (noun) - reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
- drone, drone pipe, bourdon (noun) - a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
- fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute (noun) - a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
- panpipe, pandean pipe, syrinx (noun) - a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
- pitch pipe (noun) - a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency
pipe is derivationally related to:
- to pipe (verb) - play on a pipe
5. the flues and stops on a pipe organ.
pipe is a type of:
- wind instrument, wind (noun) - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
types of pipe:
- flue pipe, flue, labial pipe (noun) - organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
- organ stop (noun) - a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
- reed pipe (noun) - organ pipe with a vibrating reed
pipe is a part of:
- organ, pipe organ (noun) - wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
Verb (4 meanings)
2. transport by pipeline.
to pipe
Example:
- “pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert”
3. play on a pipe.
to pipe
Example:
- “pipe a tune”
to pipe is a way to:
- to play (verb) - perform music on (a musical instrument)
to pipe is derivationally related to:
- pipe (noun) - a tubular wind instrument
- piper, bagpiper (noun) - someone who plays the bagpipe
- piping (noun) - playing a pipe or the bagpipes
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- music (noun) - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)
see also:
- to pipe up (verb) - begin to play or sing
4. trim with piping.
to pipe
Example:
- “pipe the skirt”
to pipe is a way to:
- to decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify (verb) - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
to pipe is derivationally related to:
- piping (noun) - a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems
to pipe entails:
- to sew, tailor, tailor-make (verb) - create (clothes) with cloth