Meaning

2 senses
  1. A pipe that is a conduit for water; an essential element of plumbing.

    Wasserleitung, Wasserrohr

    водопрові́дvodoprovíd, водогі́нvodohín

  2. A device for smoking, in which the smoke is drawn through a container of water before inhaling.

    Wasserpfeife

    an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water

Examples

15 sentences
  1. The water pipes froze and then burst.

    ruВодопроводные трубы замерзли и затем лопнули.

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  2. The water pipe burst.

    ruВодопроводную трубу прорвало.

    deDie Wasserleitung platzte.

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  3. The water pipes broke.

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  4. Our water pipes broke.

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  5. The cold froze the water in the pipes.

    deDurch die Kälte gefror das Wasser in den Rohren.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
water conduit:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
water conduit:
tobacco smoking device:

Origin

From Middle English waterpype. By surface analysis, water + pipe.

From Middle English waterpype. By surface analysis, water + pipe.

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Forms

plural: water pipes

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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