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Pipe

Pipe Meaning & Definition
Pipe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pipe?

[n] the flues and stops on a pipe organ
[n] a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
[n] a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
[n] a tubular wind instrument
[n] a hollow cylindrical shape
[v] utter a shrill cry
[v] trim with piping, as of garments
[v] play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"
[v] transport by pipeline; of oil, water, gas, etc.

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pipe: organ pipe | pipage | pipe up | pipework | piping | screech | shriek | shrill | tabor pipe | tobacco pipe | tube

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pipe: adjutage | aerophone | anthem | aulos | bagpipe | ballad | bark | barrel | basset horn | basset oboe | bassoon | bawl | bay | beep | bell | bellow | blare | blast | blat | blow | blow a horn | blow the horn | blubber | bole | bombard | bong | boohoo | boom | brass | bray | breathe | briar | briar pipe | bugle | butt | buzz | cackle | calabash | calean | call | calumet | canalize | carillon | carol | carry | cask | caterwaul | catheter | caw | channel | channelize | chant | chatter | cheep | chimera | chirk | chirp | chirr | chirrup | chitter | choir | chorus | chuck | churchwarden | clack | clarinet | clarion | clay | cluck | cock-a-doodle-doo | column | conduct | conduit | contrabassoon | contrafagotto | convey | conveyor | coo | corncob | corncob pipe | creak | croak | cromorne | cronk | croon | crow | cry | cuckoo | cylinder | cylindroid | deliver | descant | doodle | do-re-mi | double bassoon | double reed | double-tongue | drainpipe | drawl | dream | drum | duct | efflux tube | embouchure | English horn | exclaim | fantasy | fife | fipple flute | fire hose | flageolet | flue pipe | flume | flute | funnel | gabble | gaggle | garden hose | gas pipe | gasp | gobble | groan | growl | grunt | guggle | hautboy | heckelphone | hiss | hogshead | honk | hoo | hookah | hoot | horn | hornpipe | hose | hosepipe | howl | hubble-bubble | hum | hush up | hymn | intonate | intone | keen | keg | key | licorice stick | lilt | line | lip | look at | main | make oneself heard | meerschaum | minstrel | Missouri meerschaum | moan | mouthpiece | mumble | murmur | musette | mutter | nargileh | nipple | note | notice | oaten reed | oboe | oboe da caccia | ocarina | offer | organ pipe | Pandean pipe | panpipe | pant | passage | peace pipe | peal | peep | penny-whistle | piccolo | pillar | pip | pipe cleaner | pipe down | pipe rack | pipe up | pipeline | pipette | piping | pommer | psalm | put through | put through channels | quack | quaver | recorder | reed | reed instrument | reed pipe | roar | roll | roller | roulade | rouleau | rumble | sax | saxophone | say | scold | screak | scream | screech | serenade | setup | shake | shawm | shriek | shrill | shut up | siamese | siamese connection | sibilate | sigh | sing | sing in chorus | single reed | single-reed instrument | siphon | skirl | skreigh | slide | snap | snarl | snorkel | snort | sob | soil pipe | sol-fa | solmizate | sonorophone | sough | sound | sound a tattoo | sound taps | speak up | spot | squall | squawk | squeak | squeal | standpipe | steam pipe | stem | straw | supply | sweet potato | syrinx | tabor pipe | tap | tenoroon | thunder | tin-whistle | tobacco pipe | tobacco pouch | tongue | toot | tooter | tootle | traject | transmit | tremolo | trench | trill | triple-tongue | troll | trumpet | trunk | tube | tubing | tubulation | tubule | tubulet | tubulure | tun | twang | tweedle | tweedledee | tweet | twit | twitter | ululate | ululation | valve | vocalize | volunteer | wail | warble | waste pipe | water pipe | weep | whine | whisper | whistle | wind | wind instrument | wind the horn | woods | woodwind | woodwind choir | woodwind instrument | wrawl | yammer | yap | yawp | yell | yelp | yodel

See Also | adorn | beautify | bourdon | bowl | briar | briar pipe | calabash | calabash pipe | call | calumet | caterwaul | chanter | chimneypot | clay pipe | cry | cylinder | decorate | discharge pipe | drain | drainpipe | drilling pipe | drone | drone pipe | elbow | embellish | exhaust pipe | flue | flue pipe | fuel line | gas line | grace | holler | hollo | hookah | hubble-bubble | kalian | labial pipe | line | main | manifold | meerschaum | melody pipe | mouthpiece | narghile | organ | organ stop | ornament | peace pipe | pipe bowl | pipe of peace | pipe organ | pipe up | pipeline | pitch pipe | play | reed pipe | riser | riser main | riser pipe | riser pipeline | scream | sew | shout | shout out | sparge pipe | spout | squall | standpipe | steam line | steam pipe | stem | tailor | tailor-make | tailpipe | transport | tube | tubing | waste pipe | water pipe | wind | wind instrument | yell | yowl

Pipe In Webster's Dictionary

\Pipe\, n. [AS. p[=i]pe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire, to chirp; of imitative origin. Cf. {Peep}, {Pibroch}, {Fife}.] 1. 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. ``Tunable as sylvan pipe.'' --Milton. Now had he rather hear the tabor and the pipe. --Shak. 2. Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc. 3. A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances. 4. A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions. 5. The key or sound of the voice. [R.] --Shak. 6. The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird. The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds. --Tennyson. 7. pl. The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow. 8. (Mining) An elongated body or vein of ore. 9. 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. --Mozley & W. 10. (Naut.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it. 11. [Cf. F. pipe, fr. pipe a wind instrument, a tube, fr. L. pipare to chirp. See Etymol. above.] A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains. {Pipe fitter}, one who fits pipes together, or applies pipes, as to an engine or a building. {Pipe fitting}, a piece, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve, etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory to a pipe. {Pipe office}, an ancient office in the Court of Exchequer, in which the clerk of the pipe made out leases of crown lands, accounts of cheriffs, etc. [Eng.] {Pipe tree} (Bot.), the lilac and the mock orange; -- so called because their were formerly used to make pipe stems; -- called also {pipe privet}. {Pipe wrench}, or {Pipetongs}, a jawed tool for gripping a pipe, in turning or holding it. {To smoke the pipe of peace}, to smoke from the same pipe in token of amity or preparatory to making a treaty of peace, -- a custom of the American Indians.
\Pipe\, v. i. 1. To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music. We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced. --Matt. xi. 17. 2. (Naut.) To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain. 3. To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle. ``Oft in the piping shrouds.'' --Wordsworth. 4. (Metal.) To become hollow in the process of solodifying; -- said of an ingot, as of steel.
\Pipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Piped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piping}.] 1. To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe. A robin . . . was piping a few querulous notes. --W. Irving. 2. (Naut.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle. As fine a ship's company as was ever piped aloft. --Marryat. 3. To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.
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