water pipe

noun

1. a pipe for conveying water.
2. a smoking apparatus, as a hookah or narghile, in which the smoke is drawn through a container of water and cooled before reaching the mouth.

water pipe

noun

1. a pipe for water
2. another name for hookah

Word History and Origins

Origin of water pipe¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

How to keep your carpets looking guest-readyInsulate pipesIf you have bare water pipes running through your crawl space, attic, basement or other accessible place, this is a good time to insulate them.

From Washington Post

Well, the majority of insurance claims in winter months revolve around broken or busted water pipes.

From Washington Blade

The right demo tools allow for precision because swinging a sledgehammer through a water pipe or guiding a reciprocating saw through an electrical cable will end the fun in a hurry.

From Popular-Science

It means insulating and replacing water pipes to withstand the cold.

From MIT Technology Review

Searches for burst and frozen water pipes are spiking in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas.

From Washington Post

“This man never says anything new,” said Mahmoud Ghanim, adding a pinch of sweet-smelling tobacco to his water pipe.

From The Daily Beast

Thus A laid a water pipe by permission across B's land who afterward rendered the pipe useless by cutting it.

From Project Gutenberg

He had taken quite naturally to the Turkish tobacco, and the national mode of smoking it through a chibouque, or water-pipe.

From Project Gutenberg

There is a rain-water pipe going up the side of the house, close to the window.

From Project Gutenberg

He stopped at the house of Lal Singh, the shoemaker, whom he found drowsing over his water pipe.

From Project Gutenberg

Beside these, twenty miles of water-pipe travel up and down the corridors to supply culinary and domestic needs.

From Project Gutenberg

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• plumbing
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