pipe Synonyms
pipe Meaning
pipe (n)
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
a hollow cylindrical shape
a tubular wind instrument
the flues and stops on a pipe organ
pipe (v)
utter a shrill cry
transport by pipeline
play on a pipe
trim with piping
pipe (n.)
A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ.
Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc.
A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.
A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions.
The key or sound of the voice.
The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.
The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.
An elongated body or vein of ore.
A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe.
A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it.
A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains.
pipe (v. i.)
To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.
To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain.
To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
To become hollow in the process of solodifying; -- said of an ingot, as of steel.
pipe (v. t.)
To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.
To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.
To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.
pipe Sentence Examples
- The plumber unscrewed the rusty pipe beneath the sink.
- The firefighters used a high-pressure pipe to extinguish the flames.
- The construction crew laid down a new water pipe along the street.
- The organ's majestic sound reverberated through the metal pipes.
- The hot water flowed steadily into the bathtub through the copper pipe.
- The gas pipe hissed loudly as it leaked, alerting us to the danger.
- The oil spilled from the broken pipe, creating a slick on the ground.
- The gardener attached a hose to the long pipe to reach the distant flowerbeds.
- The shepherd used his pipe to guide his sheep back to the pasture.
- The construction site was a maze of exposed pipes, creating a confusing landscape.
FAQs About the word pipe
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco, a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc., a hollow cyl
conduit, channel, piping, drain, funnel, tube, trough, leader, line, pipeline
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The plumber unscrewed the rusty pipe beneath the sink.
The firefighters used a high-pressure pipe to extinguish the flames.
The construction crew laid down a new water pipe along the street.
The organ's majestic sound reverberated through the metal pipes.
