organ pipe

noun

1. one of the pipes of a pipe organ.
2. something resembling such a pipe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of organ pipe¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75

Example Sentences

In fact, packrat middens confirmed that saguaro, organ pipe cacti, and the other flora that make the Sonoran unique came together just over 11,000 years ago, making this desert extremely young by ecological standards.

From Popular-Science

Among its attractions is a “Stalacpipe Organ,” played on a regular organ but whose organ pipes are stalactites wired with small rubber mallets spread over 3½ underground acres.

From Washington Post

Of course, an artificial mouthpiece has to be provided for our organ-pipe, but this is called the boot.

From Project Gutenberg

The larynx, in the production of sound, may be compared to an organ-pipe.

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Not so neither, my organ-pipe squeaks this morning for want of liquoring.

From Project Gutenberg

If an open organ pipe be sounded by blowing gently through it, a tone of definite pitch is heard.

From Project Gutenberg

Now in the open organ pipe (Fig. 341d), the end of the air column d is a place of great vibration or is an antinode.

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