pipestem

[ pahyp-stem ]

/ ˈpaɪpˌstɛm /

noun

the stem of a tobacco pipe.

something resembling this in slenderness, as an unusually thin arm or leg.

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How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

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Origin of pipestem

An Americanism dating back to 1720–30; pipe¹ + stem¹

Words nearby pipestem

piperidine, piperine, piperonal, piperonyl butoxide, pipes of pan, pipestem, pipestone, pipet, pipette, pipewort, pipi

Example sentences from the Web for pipestem

This stem is made up of little flat rings looking like bits of a pipestem.
Diggers in the Earth|Eva March Tappan
The mouthpiece of the pipestem was gently presented to the lips and the breath drawn through.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised)|Melvin Randolph Gilmore
Evidently he had not fenced at Heidelberg for nothing, if he did have pink cheeks and pipestem legs.
The Other Fellow|F. Hopkinson Smith
A bough of the falling tree alighted on his right leg, snapping it like a pipestem, and pinning him down in the snow.
The Lady of North Star|Ottwell J. Binns

The arm bone snapped like a pipestem, but it was the monster's dying effort.
B. C. 30,000|Sterner St. Paul Meek