Pipe

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1 Noun

pipe

A hollow tube that transports water, steam, or other liquid; usualy made of metal, ceramic, wood, or plastic.
A hollow stem with bowl at one end used for smoking (see also water pipe or bong)
A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magma has passed; often filled with volcanic breccia
A type of pasta, similar to macaroni
Decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, pillows, curtains, etc.); often a contrasting color
(Music) A hollow tube used to produce sound, such as an organ pipe.
(Music) A wind instrument making a whistling sound. (see pan pipes, bagpipe, boatswain's pipe)
(Computers) The ASCII character at position 124 (decimal), 7C (hex), 01111100 (binary): " | "
(Computers) In Unix, the pipe character signifies that the output of one program feeds directly as input to another program.
(Computers, Slang) A data backbone, or broadband Internet access (e.g., a "fat pipe" refers to a high-bandwidth connection).
An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons; half a tun.
Quotations
- 1882: Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205.

to pipe (piped, piping)

To convey or transport something by means of pipes.
To install or configure pipes.
To play music on a pipee instrument, such as a bagpipe.
(Nautical) To signal or order by a note pattern on a bosun's pipe.
To decorate a cake using a pastry bag a flexible bag from which icing is forced through a small nozzle to make various designs

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