1. A tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
   "He relaxed in his armchair, puffing on his tobacco pipe";
   - tobacco pipe
    
2. A long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
   "The plumber replaced the old copper pipes with new PVC piping";
   - pipage, piping
    
3. A tubular wind instrument, especially a small flute
   "He played a traditional melody on his pipe"
    
4. The flues and stops on a pipe organ
   "The organ builder carefully adjusted each organ pipe to ensure perfect pitch";
   - organ pipe, pipework
    
5. A hollow cylindrical shape
   "The plumber installed a new copper pipe";
   - tube
    
6. (computing, in Unix) a connection between the output of one program and the input of another, e.g. denoted with the pipe character '|'
   "The command used a pipe to send the output of 'grep' to 'sort'"

1. Transport by pipeline
   "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert"
    
2. (music) play on a pipe
   "pipe a tune"
    
3. Utter a shrill cry
   "The child piped up with delight";
   - shriek, shrill, pipe up
    
4. Trim with piping
   "pipe the skirt"

Derived forms: piping, pipes, piped

See also: pipe up

Type of: adorn, beautify, breath, call, cry, cylinder, decorate, embellish, fancify, grace, holler [informal], hollo [non-standard], ornament, play, scream, shout, shout out, squall, transport, tube, tubing, wind, wind instrument, yell

Part of: organ, pipe organ

Encyclopedia: Pipe, Martin