pipe [countable]
1 a tube through which a liquid or gas flows :
copper pipes
➔ drainpipe
tube
; ➔ exhaust pipe
at exhaust2 (2), windpipe
2 a thing used for smoking tobacco, consisting of a small tube with a container shaped like a bowl at one end :
pipe tobacco
for smoking
3
music
b) one of the metal tubes that air passes through when you play an organ
4 a hope, idea, plan etc that is impossible or will probably never happen :
In many parts of the country, democratic elections are simply a pipe dream.
pipe dream
5 used to say that someone must accept what you have just said, even though they do not like it
put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it
spoken
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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