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pipes

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pipes.

Editorial note

Very low-ceilinged halls and rooms means the cannot integrate gas purge and fire safety pipes and equipment.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A single pipe organ.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pipes gathered in one view.

noun

A single pipe organ.

noun

A surname.

noun

(figuratively) One's vocal capacity.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pipes.

noun

A single pipe organ.

noun

A surname.

noun

(figuratively) One's vocal capacity.

noun

(figuratively) Biceps.

Example sentences

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Very low-ceilinged halls and rooms means the cannot integrate gas purge and fire safety pipes and equipment.

2

Which lead to issues like the collapsing pipes: They fitted stronger fans, but no-one realized that the pipes can't hold the higher pressure difference.

3

When I was growing up it was a known phenomenon in my family that hot water pipes would freeze before cold pipes in winter.

4

The return mechanism is via capillary action; surprisingly, heat pipes work in any orientation, even freefall.

5

They've shutdown any interesting projects like pipes, maps, search or any other area of innovation.

6

These are all forked from the master process and talk to each other with pipes.

7

Unfortunately, banks are technically backward and don't realise they're dumb vaults yet, much in the same way phone carriers are dumb pipes.

8

However if your pipes are messed up and you need to wait for the plumber then it's okay to work from home.

9

Strangely nobody would care about nature if oil was flowing in these pipes.

10

I found it similar to Yahoo Pipes but you're dealing with phone calls instead of web data.

11

The ones I have seen are small pipes running from small springs, taking a small amount of the spring water.

12

It doesn't even protect you from yourself but rather makes your critical commands more complicated and error prone (shell globbing/escaping, pipes and redirects, etc.).

Quote examples

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I don't recognize the bit about "dumb pipes".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pipes in a sentence?

Very low-ceilinged halls and rooms means the cannot integrate gas purge and fire safety pipes and equipment.

What does pipes mean?

A single pipe organ.

What part of speech is pipes?

pipes is commonly used as noun.