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1 Noun
2 Translations
3 Verb
4 Translations
Noun
pipe
A hollow tube that transports water, steam, or other liquid; usualy made of metal, ceramic, wood, or plastic.
A hollow stem with bowl at one end used for smoking (see also water pipe or bong)
A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magma has passed; often filled with volcanic breccia
A type of pasta, similar to macaroni
Decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, pillows, curtains, etc.); often a contrasting color
(Music) A hollow tube used to produce sound, such as an organ pipe.
(Music) A wind instrument making a whistling sound. (see pan pipes, bagpipe, boatswain's pipe)
(Computers) The ASCII character at position 124 (decimal), 7C (hex), 01111100 (binary): " | "
(Computers) In Unix, the pipe character signifies that the output of one program feeds directly as input to another program.
(Computers, Slang) A data backbone, or broadband Internet access (e.g., a "fat pipe" refers to a high-bandwidth connection).
An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons; half a tun.
Quotations
1882: Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205.
Translations
Portuguese: cano m (1), cachimbo m (2), tubo (1, 3)
Spanish: tuberia f (1), pipa f (2)
German: Rohr n (1), Pfeife f (2,3), [[Fl�te]] f (7)
Hungarian: pipa
Dutch: Pijp
Polish: rura f
Verb
to pipe (piped, piping)
To convey or transport something by means of pipes.
To install or configure pipes.
To play music on a pipee instrument, such as a bagpipe.
(Nautical) To signal or order by a note pattern on a bosun's pipe.
To decorate a cake using a pastry bag a flexible bag from which icing is forced through a small nozzle to make various designs
Translations
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