pipe

pipe
[[t]pa͟ɪp[/t]]
♦♦♦
pipes, piping, piped
1) N-COUNT A pipe is a long, round, hollow object, usually made of metal or plastic, through which a liquid or gas can flow.

The liquid can't escape into the air, because it's inside a pipe...

The plant makes plastic covered steel pipes for the oil and gas industries.

2) N-COUNT A pipe is an object which is used for smoking tobacco. You put the tobacco into the cup-shaped part at the end of the pipe, light it, and breathe in the smoke through a narrow tube.
3) N-COUNT A pipe is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a tube with holes in it. You play a pipe by blowing into it while covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.
4) N-PLURAL Pipes are the same as bagpipes.
5) N-COUNT An organ pipe is one of the long hollow tubes in which air vibrates and produces a musical note.
6) VERB If liquid or gas is piped somewhere, it is transferred from one place to another through a pipe.

[be V-ed prep] The heated gas is piped through a coil surrounded by water...

[V n with adv] The Communists brought electricity to his village and piped in drinking water from the reservoir...

[V-ed] Most of the houses in the capital don't have piped water.

7) VERB If someone, especially a child, pipes something, they say it in a high-pitched voice. [WRITTEN]

[V with quote] `But I want to help,' Bessie piped.

8) N-COUNT In some computer systems, a pipe is a method of passing information from one program to another.
9) → See also , piping hot
Phrasal Verbs:

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