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pipe — I UK [paɪp] / US noun [countable] Word forms pipe : singular pipe plural pipes ** 1) a tube that carries liquid or gas from one place to another The pipes had frozen during the severe weather. lay a pipe: Workers were laying water pipes outside… … English dictionary
pipe — [pīp] n. [ME < OE < WGmc * pipa < VL * pipa < L pipare, to cheep, chirp, peep, of echoic orig.] 1. 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… … English World dictionary
pipe — pipe1 W3S2 [paıp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(tube)¦ 2¦(for smoking)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4 pipe dream 5 put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: pipa, from Vulgar Latin, from Latin pipare to make a high sound ] … Dictionary of contemporary English
pipe — pipe1 [ paıp ] noun count ** 1. ) a tube that carries liquid or gas from one place to another: The pipes had frozen during the severe weather. lay a pipe: Workers were laying water pipes outside the house. a pipe leads/runs somewhere: A pipe runs … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pipe — 1 noun (C) 1 TUBE a tube through which a liquid or gas flows, often under the ground: A pipe had burst in the kitchen and flooded the floor. | Workmen were laying pipes under the road. | The pipe s blocked again! | a gas pipe 2 FOR SMOKING a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Pipe (fluid conveyance) — For structural pipe, see Hollow structural section. For other uses, see Pipe (disambiguation). Steel pipes … Wikipedia
food preservation — Any method by which food is protected against spoilage by oxidation, bacteria, molds, and microorganisms. Traditional methods include dehydration, smoking, salting, controlled fermentation (including pickling), and candying; certain spices have… … Universalium
pipe — {{11}}pipe (n.) O.E. pipe musical wind instrument, also tube to convey water, from V.L. *pipa a pipe (Cf. It. pipa, Fr. pipe, Ger. Pfeife, Dan. pibe, Du. pijp), a back formation from L. pipare to chirp or peep, of imitative origin. All tubular… … Etymology dictionary
Double-walled pipe — A double walled pipe is a secondary contained piping system. It is a pipe within a pipe, or encased in an outer covering, with an annulus (interstitial space) between the two diameters. The inner pipe is the primary or carrier pipe and the outer… … Wikipedia
Steam pipe — Steam Steam (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
