water pipe
Americannoun
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water pipes
plural
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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
About £50,000 is to be spent repairing the latest issue with medical gas pipework, however on Thursday the committee heard that the worst-case scenario of water pipe repairs could run into many millions.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
Let’s start with the lead water pipe rule that the new EPA proposal aims to replace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 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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