PIPE

Definitions of pipe in various dictionaries:

noun - a tube with a small bowl at one end

noun - a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.

noun - a hollow cylindrical shape

noun - a tubular wind instrument

noun - the flues and stops on a pipe organ

verb - utter a shrill cry

verb - transport by pipeline

verb - play on a pipe

verb - trim with piping

A hollow cylinder or tube used to conduct a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid.

A section or piece of such a tube.

A device for smoking, consisting of a tube of wood, clay, or other material with a small bowl at one end.

An amount of smoking material, such as tobacco, needed to fill the bowl of a pipe; a pipeful.

Informal.

A tubular part or organ of the body.

Abbr.

A wine cask having a capacity of 126 gallons or 2 hogsheads (478 liters).

This volume as a unit of liquid measure.

Abbr.

Music.

A tubular wind instrument, such as a flute.

The vocal cords; the voice, especially as used in singing.

A birdcall.

A whistle used for signaling crew members: a boatswain’s pipe.

Geology.

A vertical, cylindrical vein of ore.

One of the vertical veins of eruptive origin in which diamonds are found in South Africa.

An eruptive passageway opening into the crater of a volcano.

A cone-shaped cavity in a steel ingot, formed during cooling by escaping gases.

To convey (liquid or gas) by means of pipes.

To convey as if by pipes, especially to transmit by wire or cable: piped music into the store.

To provide with pipes or connect with pipes.

To play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes.

To lead by playing on pipes.

Nautical.

To signal (crew members) with a boatswain’s pipe.

To receive aboard or mark the departure of by sounding a boatswain’s pipe.

To utter in a shrill, reedy tone.

To furnish (a garment or fabric) with piping.

To force through a pastry tube, as frosting onto a cake.

To take a look at; notice.

To play on a pipe.

To speak shrilly; make a shrill sound.

To chirp or whistle, as a bird does.

To signal the crew with a boatswain’s pipe.

To develop conical cavities during solidification.

verb - to convey by means of a pipe (a hollow cylinder)

PIPE - Pipe usually refers to: Pipe (fluid conveyance), a hollow cylinder following certain dimension rules Piping, the use of pipes in industry Smoking pip...