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pipes Meaning
pipes
to receive aboard or attend the departure of by sounding a boatswain's pipe, any of various units of liquid capacity based on the size of a pipe, to furnish or equip with pipes, a roughly cylindrical and vertical geologic formation, to speak, call, or play with a high shrill tone, a tubular wind instrument, a small fipple flute held in and played by the left hand, to furnish or trim with piping, to emit a shrill sound, to transmit by wire or coaxial cable, a long tube or hollow body for conducting a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid or for structural purposes, to convey by or as if by pipes, a tube with a small bowl at one end used for smoking tobacco, one of the tubes of a pipe organ, to place (batter, frosting, etc.) on a surface by pressing or squeezing through a bag or tube fitted with a special nozzle, piping sense 1, to lead or cause to go with pipe music, bagpipe, the whistle, call, or note especially of a bird or an insect, a means of transmission (as of television signals or computer data), to speak in a high or shrill voice, to play on a pipe, vocal cords, voice, snap sense 2c, cinch, to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe, a large barrel used especially to hold oil or wine, flue pipe, a musical instrument consisting of a tube of reed, wood, or metal that is played by blowing, a large cask of varying capacity used especially for wine and oil, to convey orders by signals on a boatswain's pipe, to carry by or as if by pipes, to create (a decoration or pattern) by this method, to play (a tune) on a pipe, a device for smoking usually consisting of a tube having a bowl at one end and a mouthpiece at the other, reed pipe, a unit equal to two hogsheads, a tubular or cylindrical object, part, or passage, a long tube or hollow body for carrying a substance (as water, steam, or gas), to call or direct by the boatswain's pipe, notice, to trim with piping, to receive on board or signal the departure of by the sounding of a boatswain's pipe, the eruptive channel opening into the crater of a volcano
pipes Sentence Examples
- The old building had a labyrinth of intricate pipes running through its walls.
- Water gushed out of the burst pipe, flooding the kitchen floor.
- The plumber used a wrench to tighten the loose water pipes under the sink.
- The smoke rose up through the stovepipe, carrying the scent of freshly cooked food.
- The pipe organ filled the cathedral with its majestic sounds.
- The oil pipes transported crude oil from the wells to the refineries.
- The sewer pipes carried wastewater away from homes and businesses.
- The gardener connected the garden hose to the outdoor water pipe.
- The pipes in the heating system carried hot water throughout the house.
- The construction workers laid out the pipes for the new plumbing system.
FAQs About the word pipes
to receive aboard or attend the departure of by sounding a boatswain's pipe, any of various units of liquid capacity based on the size of a pipe, to furnish or
channels,conduits, tubes, drains, funnels, lines, pipelines, hydrants, leaders, penstocks
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The old building had a labyrinth of intricate pipes running through its walls.
Water gushed out of the burst pipe, flooding the kitchen floor.
The plumber used a wrench to tighten the loose water pipes under the sink.
The smoke rose up through the stovepipe, carrying the scent of freshly cooked food.
