pipe
Meanings relating to a wind instrumentMeanings relating to a wind instrument.: A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube.
» It's a pipe dream.
Это "мыльный пузырь".
Это несбыточная мечта.
Це нездійсненна мрія.
Meaning
22 sensesMeanings relating to a wind instrument.
A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube.
a tubular wind instrument
A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe.
Orgelpfeife
труба́trubá
the flues and stops on a pipe organ
The key or sound of the voice.
A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird.
Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications.
a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications.
(especially)A water pipe.
A burst pipe flooded my bathroom.
труба́trubá
Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
A tubular passageway in the human body such as a blood vessel or the windpipe.
(slang)A man's penis.
Meanings relating to a container.
A large container for storing liquids or foodstuffs; now especially a vat or cask of cider or wine. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
Meronym: pipestave
The contents of such a vessel, as a liquid measure, sometimes set at 126 wine gallons; half a tun.
Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
Decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, curtains, pillows, etc.), often in a contrasting color; piping.
A type of pasta similar to macaroni.
Examples
270 sentencesIt's a pipe dream.
Це нездійсненна мрія.
ruЭто "мыльный пузырь".
Would you pipe down?
Ти не замовкнеш?
Tom is smoking his pipe.
Том палить свою люльку.
ruТом курит свою трубку.
deTom raucht seine Pfeife.
He sat there smoking a pipe.
ruОн сидел там и курил трубку.
deEr saß Pfeife rauchend da.
Tom used to smoke a pipe.
deTom hat früher Pfeife geraucht.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pīpe, pype (“hollow cylinder or tube used as a conduit or container; dFrom Middle English pīpe, pype (“hollow cylinder or tube used as a conduit or container; duct or vessel of the body; musical instrument; financial records maintained by the English Exchequer, pipe roll”), from Old English pīpe (“pipe (musical instrument); the channel of a small stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā. Reinforced by Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from Latin pipire, pipiare, pipare, from pīpiō (“to chirp, peep”), of imitative origin. Displaced native Old English fealh and Old English þrūh. Doublet of fife.
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Forms
plural: pipesSynonyms
13 synonyms- a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.:pipagepiping
- a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco:tobacco pipe
- a hollow cylindrical shape:tube
- the flues and stops on a pipe organ:organ pipepipework