water pipe
Americannoun
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a pipe for conveying water.
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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.
noun
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a pipe for water
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another name for hookah
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of water pipe
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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The team created the nanoscrolls by rolling flat MXene flakes into tiny tubular structures that are about ten thousand times thinner than a water pipe.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026
Osaka recorded more than 90 cases of water pipe leaks under its roads in the 2024 fiscal year, according to the city's waterworks bureau.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
"There was hot water running over my head. I thought to myself: 'Who opened the water pipe?'"
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025
The five-story restaurant and bar complex has been closed for the last year after a burst water pipe caused a flood that destroyed the kitchen and collapsed the ceilings on three floors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Then the cousin laughed coarsely and he said to Lotus, who sat there smoking her water pipe, “These town women are too finicking, are they not, Old Mistress?”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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