Phrase Hound found 186 phrases and 139 compound words that contain pipe. The most common are listed below. Open pipe in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 186
- water pipeA pipe that is a conduit for water; an essential element of plumbing.
- tobacco pipeA small, hand-held device in its simplest form consisting of a bowl and stem; used for inhaling the smoke of burning tobacco.
- pipe dreamA desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility.
- peace pipeA tobacco pipe smoked ceremonially in certain Native American cultures that symbolizes peace among those who smoke it, and among whom it is passed around from person to person.
- steel pipeA pipe made out of steel.
- pipe cleanerA piece of flexible wire in which tufted fabric is twisted and which is used to clean out the stem of a tobacco pipe or other narrow tube. It can be also used for arts and crafts.
- half-pipeA structure used to perform tricks, approximately semicircular in cross-section, resembling the bottom half of a cylinder lying down.
- pipe downTo be quiet; to refrain from being noisy.
- pipe organThe largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ console. The organ produces its sound by sending air through organ pipes- either reed pipes or flue pipes, which are seated on wind chests. The valves controlling each pipe may …
- pipe upTo speak up, especially in a robust, assertive manner; to say something loudly and suddenly.
- pipe wrenchAn adjustable wrench (British spanner) with a toothed jaw for gripping pipe, frequently used by a plumber or pipe fitter, to loosen and tighten pipes with threaded connections.
- pipe bombAn improvised explosive device consisting of blasting powder or other explosive material encased in a metal pipe to increase the blast effect.
- pipe cutterA hand-held tool used by plumbers to cut pipe.
- crack-pipeAlternative form of crack pipe.
- hair pipeA type of long, cylindrical bead from North America used in the creation of personal adornments, principally by Native Americans.
- named pipeAn extension to the anonymous pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
- organ pipeA tuned metal or wooden tube connected mechanically or electrically to an organ console.
- anonymous pipeA simplex FIFO communication channel that may be used for one-way interprocess communication.
- Pipe CreekA number of streams in the United States.
- Pipe GateA hamlet in Woore parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7340).
- pitch pipeA device much like a harmonica, used to supply a sought pitch.
- pipe bandA musical band featuring bagpipes with musicians (pipers) dressed as kilted Scotsmen.
- clerk of the pipeA person employed by the English Exchequer and its successors to work in the pipe office maintaining the pipe rolls on which government income and expenditure were recorded.
- gas pipeAlternative form of gaspipe: A pipe for conveying gas.
- pipe lineAlternative form of pipeline: A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
Compound words 139
- pipelineA conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
- piperA musician who plays a pipe.
- windpipeThe trachea.
- tailpipeAn exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.
- drainpipeA pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.
- stovepipeSheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
- downpipeThe drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
- pipefishA small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.
- pipeworkAny system of pipes or tubes; piping.
- hornpipeA musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.