pipe
/ˈpaɪp/ noun B1- A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube.
- A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe.
- The key or sound of the voice.
- A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird.
- A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications.
- A water pipe. · A burst pipe flooded my bathroom.
- A tubular passageway in the human body such as a blood vessel or the windpipe.
- A man's penis.
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Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He neither rode nor shot, but spent his days in wandering round the old village with his pipe in his mouth, or in driving with his host, or in his absence with his hostess, over the beautiful countryside.
Finally he lit his pipe, and sitting in the inglenook of the old village inn he talked slowly and at random about his case, rather as one who thinks aloud than as one who makes a considered statement.
“There is an appalling directness about your questions, Watson,” said Holmes, shaking his pipe at me.
Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe.
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