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| n. (artifact) | 1. pipe, tobacco pipe | a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco. |
| ~ pipe bowl, bowl | a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco. |
| ~ briar pipe, briar | a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath. |
| ~ calabash pipe, calabash | a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd. |
| ~ calumet, peace pipe, pipe of peace | a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace). |
| ~ clay pipe | a pipe made of clay. |
| ~ calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe | an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola" |
| ~ meerschaum | a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum. |
| ~ mouthpiece | the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth. |
| ~ stem | the tube of a tobacco pipe. |
| ~ tube, tubing | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. pipage, pipe, piping | a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.. |
| ~ chimneypot | a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft. |
| ~ discharge pipe | a pipe through which fluids can be discharged. |
| ~ drainpipe, waste pipe, drain | a pipe through which liquid is carried away. |
| ~ drilling pipe | a series of tubes (joined by screwed collars) that connect a drilling platform to the drilling bit; rotates the bit and supplies drilling mud. |
| ~ elbow | a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it. |
| ~ exhaust pipe | a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler. |
| ~ fuel line, petrol line, gas line | a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine.; "the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line" |
| ~ main | a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage. |
| ~ manifold | a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes. |
| ~ pipeline, line | a pipe used to transport liquids or gases.; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport" |
| ~ riser main, riser pipe, riser pipeline, riser | a vertical pipe in a building. |
| ~ sparge pipe | a horizontal pipe having fine holes drilled throughout its length so as to deliver a spray of water. |
| ~ spout | an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain. |
| ~ standpipe | a vertical pipe. |
| ~ steam line, steam pipe | a pipe conducting steam. |
| ~ tailpipe | a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car. |
| ~ tube, tubing | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases. |
| n. (shape) | 3. pipe, tube | a hollow cylindrical shape. |
| ~ cylinder | a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. pipe | a tubular wind instrument. |
| ~ bagpipe | a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone. |
| ~ chanter, melody pipe | reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played. |
| ~ bourdon, drone pipe, drone | a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone. |
| ~ fipple flute, fipple pipe, vertical flute, recorder | a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece. |
| ~ pandean pipe, panpipe, syrinx | a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together. |
| ~ pitch pipe | a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing. |
| ~ wind instrument, wind | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. organ pipe, pipe, pipework | the flues and stops on a pipe organ. |
| ~ flue pipe, labial pipe, flue | organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip. |
| ~ pipe organ, organ | 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. |
| ~ organ stop | a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality. |
| ~ reed pipe | organ pipe with a vibrating reed. |
| ~ wind instrument, wind | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath. |
| v. (communication) | 6. pipe, pipe up, shriek, shrill | utter a shrill cry. |
| ~ cry, scream, shout out, yell, holler, shout, squall, hollo, call | utter a sudden loud cry.; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" |
| ~ caterwaul, yowl | utter shrieks, as of cats. |
| v. (motion) | 7. pipe | transport by pipeline.; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert" |
| ~ transport | move something or somebody around; usually over long distances. |
| v. (creation) | 8. pipe | play on a pipe.; "pipe a tune" |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ play | perform music on (a musical instrument).; "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?" |
| v. (creation) | 9. pipe | trim with piping.; "pipe the skirt" |
| ~ tailor-make, sew, tailor | create (clothes) with cloth.; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?" |
| ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
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