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- Dictionarypipe/pʌɪp/
noun
- 1. a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances. Similar
- 2. a device for smoking tobacco, consisting of a narrow tube made from wood, clay, etc. with a bowl at one end in which the tobacco is burned, the smoke from which is drawn into the mouth: "a smell of pipe tobacco" Similar
verb
- 1. convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes: "water from the lakes is piped to Manchester" Similar
- 2. play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes: "he believed he'd heard music—a tune being piped" Similar
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PIPE definition: 1. a tube inside which liquid or gas flows from one place to another: 2. a short, narrow tube with…. Learn more.
The meaning of PIPE is a tubular wind instrument; specifically : a small fipple flute held in and played by the left hand. How to use pipe in a sentence.
Pipe definition: a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.. See examples of PIPE used in a sentence.
A pipe is a long, round, hollow object, usually made of metal or plastic, through which a liquid or gas can flow. They had accidentally damaged a gas pipe while drilling. The plant makes plastic covered steel pipes for the oil and gas industries.
pipe. (pīp) n. 1. a. A hollow cylinder or tube used to conduct a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid. b. A section or piece of such a tube. 2. a. A device for smoking, consisting of a tube of wood, clay, or other material with a small bowl at one end. b. An amount of smoking material, such as tobacco, needed to fill the bowl of a pipe; a pipeful.
Definition of pipe noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. pipe. noun. /paɪp/ [countable, uncountable] a tube through which liquids and gases can flow. Both hot and cold water pipes should be properly insulated. steel/copper pipes. a burst pipe. The house was blown apart by an explosion, caused by a leaking gas pipe.
PIPE meaning: 1. a long tube that liquid or gas can move through: 2. a tube with a bowl-shaped part at one end…. Learn more.
A pipe is a hollow tube that liquid flows through. When your kitchen pipes get clogged, call a plumber. A pipe is also something to put tobacco in and smoke. Old pictures of Santa show him smoking a pipe. Water moves through pipes before it comes flowing out of your faucets. Other substances, like oil and gas, also flow through pipes.
A hollow cylinder or cone, as of reed, straw, wood, or metal, in which air vibrates to produce a musical sound, as in an organ or wind instrument. A section or piece of such a tube. A long tube of clay, concrete, metal, plastic, etc., for conveying water, gas, oil, etc. or for use in construction.
a long tube of metal, plastic, etc, used to convey water, oil, gas, etc. a long tube or case. an object made in any of various shapes and sizes, consisting of a small bowl with an attached tubular stem, in which tobacco or other substances are smoked. (as modifier): a pipe bowl.
