pipe
Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
Noun 4 meanings
Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
Meanings relating to a container.
“Meronym: pipestave”
Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
Verb 4 meanings
To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
To shout loudly and at high pitch.
To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
Etymology
From Middle English pīpe, pype (“hollow cylinder or tube used as a conduit or container; duct or vessel of the body; musical instrument; financial records maintained by the English Exchequer, pipe roll”), from Old English pīpe (“pipe (musical instrument); the channel of a small stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā.
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PIPE at a glance
PIPE has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (P 3 + I 1 + P 3 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,610 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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