Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
pipe . - noun A single
pipe organ . - noun figuratively One's
vocal capacity . - noun figuratively
biceps . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pipe .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pans musical instrument was a set of reed pipes, the pipes of Pan.
Pan 2002
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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.
2.1. Open ditches 1982
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Entergy Nuclear is now drawing a distinction between what it calls pipes and trenches, or vaults, which can contain several pipes.
RutlandHerald.com 2010
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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 2009
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Transporting water through long distances of pipes is very costly compared to electricity.
Water Privatization, Continued, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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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.
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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.
365 tomorrows » submission : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Search drain pipes for Mario, hold Mortal Kombat matches at recess, fight over who got to be Ryu?
Archive 2009-06-01 SVGL 2009
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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.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » July : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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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 2009
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The remains of these eruptions took the form of kimberlite “pipes”—cylinders of diamond-rich ore.
The Woman Shaking Up the Diamond Industry Condé Nast 2020
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