Definitions
Etymologies
- (vocal capacity): As if one's lungs were composed of pipe-works. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“ Pans musical instrument was a set of reed pipes, the pipes of Pan.”
“The pipes have slits of 35-40 mm long and 0. 5-0.8 mm wide perpendicular to the pipes axes and at intervals of 20-50 mm depending on the type of soil.”
“Entergy Nuclear is now drawing a distinction between what it calls pipes and trenches, or vaults, which can contain several pipes.”
“The bedroom, whose floorboards we will now have to take up to run the pipes is naturally the one currently storing all the furniture and equipment from the kitchen and the other upstairs study, also cleared out for easy access to the pipes.”
“I remember when you first came, a great metal bird from the sky, your body covered in pipes, a great glass dome where your head should be.”
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“I suppose I could have a tank and fill it up, so water delivery through centralized pipes is a convenience, but that doesn't compare to the sheer luxury that is cable.”
Water as a Private Good, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Transporting water through long distances of pipes is very costly compared to electricity.”
Water Privatization, Continued, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“A second set of power lines, phone lines, water pipes or natural gas pipes is too expensive and inefficient.”
Tax Cuts for the Rich, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Search drain pipes for Mario, hold Mortal Kombat matches at recess, fight over who got to be Ryu?”
“They saved on matches, even, waiting till two or three were ready to light their pipes from the same match.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pipes’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Anagrams of Famous Brands
Armani = airman, Pepsi = pipes, Advil = valid, etc.
pipes, airman, conserve, priest, golfers, farrier, nova, valid, disroot, margin, abhors, porches and 3 more...
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Tunie: No Man's Land
By Eric Bogle.
Well, how'd you do, Private Willie McBride,
D'you mind if I sit down here by your graveside?
I'll rest for a while in the warm summer sun,
Been walking...again, vain, dying, killing, shame, glory, sorrow, suffering, end, war, the cause, why and 47 more...
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