water pipe
Americannoun
-
a pipe for conveying water.
-
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
British
noun
-
a pipe for water
-
another name for hookah
Etymology
Origin of water pipe
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
