/paɪp/
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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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