Dictionary entry details
• PIPE (noun)
Meaning:
A tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pipe; tobacco pipe
Hypernyms ("pipe" 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 "pipe"):
mouthpiece (the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth)
stem (the tube of a tobacco pipe)
bowl; pipe bowl (a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pipe"):
meerschaum (a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum)
calean; chicha; hookah; hubble-bubble; hubbly-bubbly; kalian; narghile; nargileh; sheesha; shisha; water pipe (an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water)
clay pipe (a pipe made of clay)
calumet; peace pipe; pipe of peace (a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace))
calabash; calabash pipe (a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd)
briar; briar pipe (a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath)
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:
piping; pipe; pipage
Hypernyms ("pipe" 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 "pipe"):
spout (an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pipe"):
line; pipeline (a pipe used to transport liquids or gases)
riser; riser main; riser pipe; riser pipeline (a vertical pipe in a building)
sparge pipe (a horizontal pipe having fine holes drilled throughout its length so as to deliver a spray of water)
standpipe (a vertical pipe)
steam line; steam pipe (a pipe conducting steam)
tailpipe (a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car)
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)
chimneypot (a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft)
discharge pipe (a pipe through which fluids can be discharged)
drain; drainpipe; waste pipe (a pipe through which liquid is carried away)
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)
elbow (a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it)
exhaust pipe (a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler)
Meaning:
A hollow cylindrical shape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
pipe; tube
Hypernyms ("pipe" is a kind of...):
cylinder (a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line)
Meaning:
A small fipple flute that is played with the left hand while the right hand is free to beat a tabor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tabor pipe; pipe
Hypernyms ("pipe" is a kind of...):
flageolet; shepherd's pipe; treble recorder (a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pipe"):
chanter; melody pipe (reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played)
bourdon; drone; drone pipe (a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone)
pitch pipe (a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing)
Meaning:
The flues and stops on a pipe organ
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
organ pipe; pipework; pipe
Hypernyms ("pipe" is a kind of...):
wind; wind instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pipe"):
flue; flue pipe; labial pipe (organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip)
organ stop (a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality)
reed pipe (organ pipe with a vibrating reed)
Holonyms ("pipe" is a part of...):
organ; pipe organ (wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard)
Meaning:
A wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the instrument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bagpipe; pipe
Hypernyms ("pipe" is a kind of...):
wind; wind instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath)
Meronyms (parts of "pipe"):
chanter; melody pipe (reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played)
bourdon; drone; drone pipe (a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pipe"):
musette; shepherd's pipe (a small bagpipe formerly popular in France)
• PIPE (verb)
Meaning:
Utter a shrill cry
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
shrill; shriek; pipe; pipe up
Hypernyms (to "pipe" is one way to...):
call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pipe"):
caterwaul; yowl (utter shrieks, as of cats)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Transport by pipeline
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert
Hypernyms (to "pipe" is one way to...):
transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Play on a pipe
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
pipe a tune
Hypernyms (to "pipe" is one way to...):
play (perform music on (a musical instrument))
Domain category:
music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Also:
pipe up (begin to play or sing)
Meaning:
Trim with piping
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
pipe the skirt
Hypernyms (to "pipe" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
"Pipe" entails doing...:
sew; tailor; tailor-make (create (clothes) with cloth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
