What Is Pipe? Definition And Usage Of This Term

WHAT IS PIPE – In this topic, we are going to know and learn the definition of this term and how is this term used in sentences.

Definition

The Oxford Dictionary defines the term as the following:

a tube of metal, plastic, or other material used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances.
a cylindrical vein of ore or rock, especially one in which diamonds are found.
a cavity in cast metal.
a narrow tube made from wood, clay, etc., with a bowl at one end for containing burning tobacco, the smoke from which is drawn into the mouth.
a wind instrument consisting of a single tube with holes along its length that are covered by the fingers to produce different notes.
a tube by which sound is produced in an organ.
voice or vocal ability, especially of a powerful singer.
a command which causes the output from one routine to be the input for another.
convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through pipes
use a boatswain’s whistle to summon (the crew) to work or a meal.
(of a bird) sing in a high or shrill voice.
put (a decorative line or pattern) on a cake or similar dish using icing, whipped cream, etc.

Meanwhile, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines this term as the following:

a tubular wind instrument
a small fipple flute held in and played by the left hand
one of the tubes of a pipe organ
a long tube or hollow body for conducting a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid or for structural purposes
a means of transmission (as of television signals or computer data)
a tubular or cylindrical object, part, or passage
a roughly cylindrical and vertical geologic formation
a device for smoking usually consisting of a tube having a bowl at one end and a mouthpiece at the other
to convey orders by signals on a boatswain’s whistle
to speak in a high or shrill voice

Synonyms

Here are some of the following synonyms:

Etymology

It is a mid 16th century term which is from the Latin decentia, which is from decent– or ‘being fitting’

Examples

Here are some examples of the usage of this term:

The coiled pipe firebox of the high-pressure hot-water system previously described may be also classed with boilers.
Rostov, smoking his pipe and turning his head about as the water trickled down his neck, listened inattentively, with an occasional glance at Ilyin, who was pressing close to him.
However, on this, the shaded west side, aided by the steady flow from the tapped pipe, massive icicles, bulges and clusters coated the side.
The first person Rostov met in the officers’ ward was a thin little man with one arm, who was walking about the first room in a nightcap and hospital dressing gown, with a pipe between his teeth.