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Complete Definition of "pipe"

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English

Etymology
From OE. pipe, from VL. *pipa.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-pipe.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aÉªp|-aÉªp

Noun
en-noun
Image:Taborerstainedglass.png|thumb|A man playing pipe (7) and [[tabor]]

A hollow tube that transports water, steam, or other liquid; usually made of metal, ceramic, wood, or plastic.
A hollow stem with bowl at one end used for smoking (see also water pipe or bong)
geology 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)
lacrosse One of the goalposts of the goal.
computing The ASCII character at position 124 (decimal), 7C (hex), 01111100 (binary): " | "
computing In Unix, the pipe character signifies that the output of one program feeds directly as input to another program.
context|computing|slang A data backbone, or broadband Internet access (e.g., a "fat pipe" refers to a high-bandwidth connection).
obsolete An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons; half a ton.

#* 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.

context|AU|colloquial|obsolete An anonymous satire or essay, insulting and frequently libelous, written on a piece of paper and left somewhere public where it could be found and thus spread, to embarrass the author's enemies.

#: 1818: yet, it is much to be hoped, that from his example pipe-making will in future be reposed solely in the hands of Mr. William Cluer of the Brickfield Hill. — w:Sydney Gazette|Sydney Gazette, 26 September 1818, on w:William Bland|William Bland convicted of libelling w:Lachlan Macquarie|Governor Macquarie in a pipe (William Cluer was an earthenware pipe manufacturer). Quoted in More Pig Bites Baby! Stories from Australia's First Newspaper, volume 2, ed. Micahel Connor, Duffy and Snellgrove, 2004, ISBN 1-876631-91-0.

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German: t+|de|FlÃ¶te|f
Kurdish:

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Portuguese: t+|pt|flauta|f
Russian: Ñ�Ð²Ð¸Ñ�ÐµÐ»Ñ� (svirÃ©lâ��) f, Ð´Ñ�Ð´ÐºÐ° (dÃºdka) f
Swedish: flÃ¶jt c, pipa c
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trans-top|organ pipe
German: Orgelpfeife f
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Russian: Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ð±Ð° (trubÃ¡) f
Swedish: orgelpipa c
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trans-top|computing slang
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Russian: Ð¿Ð°Ð¹Ð¿ (pajp) m
Swedish: t+|sv|lina|c
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Verb
en-verb|pip|ing

To convey or transport something by means of pipes.
To install or configure pipes.
To play music on a pipe 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


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