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Tuesday, January 22, 2013



pipe [countable]
1

tube

 a tube through which a liquid or gas flows:
a frozen waste pipe
copper pipes
A pipe had burst in the kitchen and flooded the floor.
drainpipe

 ; ➔ exhaust pipe

 at exhaust2 (2)windpipe
2

for smoking

a thing used for smoking tobacco, consisting of a small tube with a container shaped like a bowl at one end:
Dad was there, smoking his pipe.
pipe tobacco
3

music

a) a simple musical instrument like a tube, that you play by blowing ➔ panpipes
b) one of the metal tubes that air passes through when you play an organ
c) 

the pipes

bagpipes
4

 pipe dream

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.
5

 put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it

spoken used to say that someone must accept what you have just said, even though they do not like it

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