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pipe noun

  /paɪp/
  • A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications. [from 10th c.]
  • (especially in, _, informal, _, contexts) A water pipe.
  • (mining) An elongated or irregular body or vein of ore. [from 17th c.]
  • (computing) A mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another by sending its output to the other as input. [from 20th c.]
putki
  • (musical instrument) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. [from 10th c.]
huilu, pilli
  • (computing, slang) A data backbone, or broadband Internet access. [from 20th c.]
letku
  • (lacrosse) One of the goalposts of the goal.
maalitolppa, pystyviiva
  • A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird. [from 18th c.]
piipitys, viserrys
  • (geology) A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano through which magma has passed, often filled with volcanic breccia. [from 19th c.]
purkauskanava
  • The key or sound of the voice. [from 16th c.]
  • (computing, typography) The character |. [from 20th c.]
pystyviiva
  • Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
päärme
  • A tubular passageway in the human body such as a blood vessel or the windpipe. [from 14th c.]
suoni, torvi
  • (music) A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. [from 14th c.]
urkupilli

pipeful noun

  • Enough tobacco to fill a pipe for smoking.
piipullinen
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