Kilo Lingo

/paɪp/

Line drawing of pipe
Coloured illustration of pipe
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Translation

A tube that carries water or gas, or a small tool with a bowl that people smoke tobacco in.

Word origin

From Old English pipe, first a musical tube, from Latin pipare, to chirp like a bird; the meaning moved from music to any tube.

Origin
Latin
Root
pipare

Grammar

Gender
Pluralpipes

Examples

burst ceiling.

Pipes carry water and gas through a building.

.

This pipe is the small tool with a bowl for tobacco.

workmen .

Long metal or plastic tubes under the ground are pipes too.

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This word is part of lesson 41.