PIPING
Dictionary entry overview: What does piping mean?
• PIPING (noun)
The noun PIPING has 3 senses:
1. a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems
2. a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
3. playing a pipe or the bagpipes
Familiarity information: PIPING used as a noun is uncommon.
• PIPING (adjective)
The adjective PIPING has 1 sense:
1. resembling the music of a pipe
Familiarity information: PIPING used as an adjective is very rare.
• PIPING (adverb)
The adverb PIPING has 1 sense:
1. (used of heat) extremely
Familiarity information: PIPING used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PIPING (noun)
Meaning:
A thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("piping" is a kind of...):
cord (a line made of twisted fibers or threads)
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 ("piping" 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 "piping"):
spout (an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "piping"):
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)
Meaning:
Playing a pipe or the bagpipes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("piping" is a kind of...):
playing (the act of playing a musical instrument)
• PIPING (adjective)
Meaning:
Resembling the music of a pipe
Context example:
the piping voices of children
Similar:
high; high-pitched (used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency)
• PIPING (adverb)
Meaning:
(used of heat) extremely
Synonyms:
piping; steaming
Context example:
the casserole was piping hot
