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Pipe

A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ.

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Broader term 19

Adorn 76% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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Beautify 76% connected

To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Cry 76% connected

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

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Cylinder 76% connected

A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal s…

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Decorate 76% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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Embellish 76% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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Grace 76% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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Hollo 76% connected

Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo.

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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Scream 76% connected

To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.

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Shout 76% connected

To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

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Squall 76% connected

A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Tube 76% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Tubing 76% connected

of Tube

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Wind 76% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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Yell 76% connected

To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.

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Narrower term 24

Bagpipe 76% connected

A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Bourdon 76% connected

A pilgrim's staff.

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Briar 76% connected

Same as Brier.

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Calabash 76% connected

The common gourd (plant or fruit).

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Calumet 76% connected

A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often…

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Chanter 76% connected

One who chants; a singer or songster.

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Chicha 76% connected

See Chica.

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Drain 76% connected

To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

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Drainpipe 76% connected

A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.

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Drone 76% connected

The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.

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Elbow 76% connected

The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

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Flue 76% connected

An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage

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Hookah 76% connected

A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.

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Hubble-bubble 76% connected

A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is…

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Main 76% connected

A hand or match at dice.

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Manifold 76% connected

Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.

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Meerschaum 76% connected

A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chi…

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Nargileh 76% connected

An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.

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Recorder 76% connected

One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.

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Riser 76% connected

One who rises; as, an early riser.

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Standpipe 76% connected

A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engin…

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Syrinx 76% connected

A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes.

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Water pipe 76% connected

A pipe for conveying water.

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Manner of action 2

Caterwaul 76% connected

To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise.

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Yowl 76% connected

To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell.

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Derivationally related 8

Bagpiper 74% connected

One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.

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Bagpiper 74% connected

One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.

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Pipage 74% connected

Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

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Pipage 74% connected

Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

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Piping 74% connected

of Pipe

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Piping 74% connected

of Pipe

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Entails 2

Sew 72% connected

Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

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Tailor 72% connected

One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.

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Component part 4

Bowl 70% connected

A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.

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Mouthpiece 70% connected

The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.

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Spout 70% connected

To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.

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Stem 70% connected

Alt. of Steem

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Containing whole 1

Organ 70% connected

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers…

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Synonym 5

Pipage 92% connected

Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

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Piping 92% connected

of Pipe

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Shriek 92% connected

To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.

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Shrill 92% connected

Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.

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Tube 92% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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