PIPAGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does pipage mean?
• PIPAGE (noun)
The noun PIPAGE has 2 senses:
1. a fee charged for the use of pipes
2. a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
Familiarity information: PIPAGE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PIPAGE (noun)
Meaning:
A fee charged for the use of pipes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("pipage" is a kind of...):
fee (a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services)
Meaning:
A long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pipage; pipe; piping
Hypernyms ("pipage" is a kind of...):
tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)
Meronyms (parts of "pipage"):
spout (an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pipage"):
chimneypot (a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft)
steam line; steam pipe (a pipe conducting steam)
standpipe (a vertical pipe)
sparge pipe (a horizontal pipe having fine holes drilled throughout its length so as to deliver a spray of water)
riser; riser main; riser pipe; riser pipeline (a vertical pipe in a building)
line; pipeline (a pipe used to transport liquids or gases)
manifold (a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes)
main (a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage)
fuel line; gas line (a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine)
exhaust pipe (a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler)
elbow (a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it)
drilling pipe (a series of tube (joined by screwed collars) that connects a drilling platform to the drilling bit; rotates the bit and supplies drilling mud)
drain; drainpipe; waste pipe (a pipe through which liquid is carried away)
discharge pipe (a pipe through which fluids can be discharged)
tailpipe (a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car)
