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as in conduit
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas) the plumber came and fixed the water pipe that was leaking

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as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages a full pipe of wine

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verb

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as in to funnel
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway piped water into every house

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as in to chirp
to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the baby piped shrilly in his bed

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Recent Examples of pipe
Noun
In 1932, at the age of 11, Kraft exhibited pipe cleaner sculptures at the inaugural Plaza Art Fair. Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2025 Snowmen are often seen with a top hat, scarf and pipe. Veronica Bravo, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
Yves piped silk-satin pajamas $695 NET-A-PORTER Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit A festive palette is always a delightful gift that remains useful year after year. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024 Expand As the Bears began their penultimate drive, offensive coordinator Thomas Brown piped into Caleb Williams’ helmet headset with a familiar message. Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pipe 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipe
Noun
  • Conversely, consider Billy McFarland of Fyre Festival fame, sentenced to prison in 2018 for defrauding investors of more than $26 million, who, during the 2024 presidential campaign, served as a conduit between rappers and Donald Trump.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Port of Long Beach media relations manager Lee Peterson confirmed that the port’s terminals, main road and rail conduits for cargo are all not impacted by the fires.
    Booth Moore, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Oil production under the Biden administration reached record highs, surpassing an average of 13 million barrels per day for the first time.
    Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Over the last 12 months, Venezuela has exported an average of two hundred thousand barrels daily to the United States.
    Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Envy funneled into pettiness and conspiracy theories fueled through the online echo chamber of cynicism ... and perhaps an NFL broadcaster or two.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
  • With the storm along the coast of the Gulf yesterday, the direction of air flow in the low-pressure system meant the storm funneled in moisture from the Gulf to keep the snow falling—and falling and falling.
    Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • If an alarm chirps, indicating that the battery is low, it should be replaced right away.
    Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The digital cash registers, which Helen Schneider manages, chirped at the checkout lines up front.
    Keith Schneider, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Inspect the fireplace and fireplace pilot light regularly for signs of soot buildup, vent obstruction, flame quality, and the overall cleanliness of the pilot tube.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2025
  • They are fed by a tube and kept alive by a ventilator.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than spending extra money on non-essentials, channel your resources into assets that generate long-term value, such as stocks, retirement accounts, or real estate.
    True Tamplin, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • An arctic air mass sprawling across the eastern, central and parts of the western U.S. on Monday will channel temperatures 20-30 degrees below already historically cold January averages and was poised to slam parts of the South with a disruptive winter storm.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Their two children, Luke and Carolina, coordinated with their mother’s look, with Luke dressed in a tailored navy suit paired with a red tie, while Carolina wore a navy cape coat with red piping details.
    Ty Gaskins, WWD, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The incoming Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was also present and wore a navy and black lapel jacket, a white tuxedo shirt with black piping, accessorized with a bow tie and white pocket scarf.
    Vogue, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Trump also signed an executive order Monday directing the United States to again withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The deluge, directed at an unnamed Cloudflare customer, came from 13,000 IoT devices infected by a variant of Mirai, a potent piece of malware with a long history of delivering massive DDoSes of once-unimaginable sizes.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Pipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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