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piping
  1. The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
  2. The sound of musical pipes.
  3. An act of making music or noise with pipes.
  4. A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
  5. (sewing) An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
  6. (cooking) Icing extruded from a piping bag.
  7. (botany) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
  8. (botany) propagation by cuttings
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “I could hear the clinking of glassware and the gentle hum of the pipes as the bartender prepared the cocktails, carefully examining each piping before setting it in its place.”
      “She added a delicate piping to her dress, giving it an elegant finishing touch.”
pipe
  1. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
    1. (music) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. [from 10th c.]
    2. (music) A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. [from 14th c.]
    3. The key or sound of the voice. [from 16th c.]
    4. A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird. [from 18th c.]
  2. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
    1. A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications. [from 10th c.]
    2. A tubular passageway in the human body such as a blood vessel or the windpipe. [from 14th c.]
  3. Meanings relating to a container.
    1. A large container for storing liquids or foodstuffs; now especially a vat or cask of wine or cider. [from 14th c.]
    2. The contents of such a vessel, as a liquid measure, sometimes set at 126 wine gallons; half a tun. [from 14th c.]
  4. Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
    1. Decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, pillows, curtains, etc.); often a contrasting color. [from 15th c.]
    2. A type of pasta, similar to macaroni.
    3. (geology) A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magma has passed; often filled with volcanic breccia. [from 19th c.]
    4. (lacrosse) One of the goalposts of the goal.
    5. (mining) An elongated or irregular body or vein of ore. [from 17th c.]
    6. (Australia, colloquial, now historical) An anonymous satire or essay, insulting and frequently libellous, written on a piece of paper which was rolled up and left somewhere public where it could be found and thus spread, to embarrass the author's enemies. [from 19th c.]
  5. Meanings relating to a smoking implement.
    1. (smoking) A hollow stem with a bowl at one end used for smoking, especially a tobacco pipe but also including various other forms such as a water pipe. [from 16th c.]
    2. The use of such a pipe for smoking tobacco.
    3. (Canada) The distance travelled between two rest periods during which one could smoke a pipe. [from 18th c.]
  6. Meanings relating to computing.
    1. (computing) The character |. [from 20th c.]
    2. (computing) A mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another by sending its output to the other as input. [from 20th c.]
    3. (computing) A data backbone, or broadband Internet access. [from 20th c.]
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “RND engineers had constructed a pipe to pump water from this well towards the front line and reduce the water shortages.”
      “He drew another breath from his pipe. The glow from its bowl glinted in his eyes.”
      “The jig was a popular dance, typically performed to the music of a pipe or tabor that often had a vocal accompaniment.”
pipeline
  1. A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc.
  2. A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
  3. A system through which something is conducted.
  4. (surfing) The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The design of the pipeline means that the risk of such an event or any other type of gas escape is infinitesimally small.”
pipefitting
  1. The work of a pipefitter.
  2. A piece, such as a coupling, elbow, or valve, used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory to a pipe.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The company does complete boiler room maintenance, boiler repair, welding, pipefitting, boiler installation and boiler cleaning.”
      “During this portion of the program they received hands-on experience in welding, plumbing, pipefitting, steamfitting and related trades.”
      “Training programs at SPSPT cover eight major areas such as mechanics, electricity, electronics, pipefitting, IT, and air-conditioning.”
pipelayer
  1. One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, for water, gas, etc.
  2. (politics) A politician who works in secret.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The petroleum company's newbuild pipelayer is expected to come on stream in the fourth quarter of this year.”
      “It can be interrogated by computer staff at a water company one month and a pipelayer the next, to produce the optimum route for each.”
      “Mr Bates, a married man, moved here just two months ago and was working as a pipelayer in the city.”
pipework
  1. Any system of pipes or tubes; piping
  2. (music) The pipes and stops of an organ
  3. Examples:
    1. “They supply exhibits through a network of trenches and pipework laid in the ground slab.”
      “Two days later officers looked more closely at the mound and found cement-bonded asbestos, plastic, metal, carpet, wallpaper, pipework and glass.”
      “A plumber installed pipework, bathroom fittings and a kitchen sink between the 6th and 8th of April.”
pipeman
pipejacking
  1. The use of hydraulic jacks to push pipes through the ground behind a TBM or shield, commonly used to create tunnels under existing structures such as roads or railways.
pipewood
  1. An ericaceous shrub of the southern United States, whose wood can be used to make pipe bowls.
pipestone
  1. A hard, red clay used by Native Americans for making tobacco pipes.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Various analyses of numerous Havana Hopewell platform pipes from Illinois revealed most to be made of Elkhorn Creek pipestone.”
      “A similar situation exists with the Mississippian figurines of flint clay that are often misidentified as bauxite or pipestone.”
      “Our preliminary work has shown it to be highly accurate in identifying such pipestones as catlinite, Sterling pipestone, and Missouri flint clay.”
pipefitter
  1. An industrial tradesman who installs and maintains piping systems
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “When the factory experienced a leakage in their plumbing system, they called a pipefitter to swiftly address the issue and ensure the smooth functioning of their piping systems.”
      “He is also a pipefitter companion and can work on all types of installations and all types of projects.”
      “Mr. Ezeh is a pipefitter from Nigeria who had been living in Misurata for eight years.”
pipestem
  1. The hollow stem or tube of a pipe used for smoking tobacco, etc.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The arm bone snapped like a pipestem, but it was the monster's dying effort.”
      “Ford knocked the ashes from his pipe so hard that the pipestem fell in two.”
      “Evidently he had not fenced at Heidelberg for nothing, if he did have pink cheeks and pipestem legs.”
pipeful
  1. Enough tobacco to fill a pipe for smoking.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Most likely they'd rather he gave them some of those Tupac records mentioned a while back, and a pipeful of the ganja.”
      “I want you to sit back, kick off your shoes, and light up a pipeful of Bond Street Tobacco so you can relax.”
      “He was a friendly neighbour and sociable man, always with enough time to smoke a pipeful of good tobacco.”
pipeworker
  1. A person who installs pipework (in factories, power stations etc)
pipeweed
  1. (fantasy) A herb smoked in pipes like tobacco.
pipelay
  1. The laying of pipes or a pipeline.
pipelaying
  1. The laying of pipes or a pipeline.
pipeliner
  1. One who works on oil pipelines.
pipesmoke
  1. The smoke from a pipe.
pipesmoker
  1. One who smokes a pipe.
pipesmoking
  1. The smoking of a pipe.
pipes
  1. plural of pipe
  2. A single pipe organ.
  3. (figuratively) One's vocal capacity.
  4. (figuratively) Biceps.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The plumber had a whole collection of pipes of different shapes and sizes in his van.”
pipefittings
  1. plural of pipefitting
pipefitters
  1. plural of pipefitter
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “During the strike, some 200 machinists and pipefitters walked out in support of the Operating Engineers.”
      “Exposure to asbestos is usually occupational, and includes shipyard workers, pipefitters, miners, and installers of brake linings and insulation.”
pipesmokers
  1. plural of pipesmoker
pipeworkers
  1. plural of pipeworker
pipestones
pipelayers
  1. plural of pipelayer
pipeliners
  1. plural of pipeliner
pipelines
  1. plural of pipeline
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This includes pipelines that have been blown up in recent months as well as production facilities that are in desperate need of repair.”
      “Two pipelines at a petrochemical storage depot nearby reportedly have ruptured, but no leaks were detected.”
      “There he could check pipelines very quickly, in an industry where time is money.”
pipestems
  1. plural of pipestem
pipeworks
  1. plural of pipework
pipemen
pipefuls
  1. plural of pipeful
pipelays
  1. plural of pipelay
pipesful
  1. plural of pipeful
pipings
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