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TOBACCO PIPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
Synonyms:
pipe; tobacco pipe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tobacco pipe" is a kind of...):
tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)
Meronyms (parts of "tobacco pipe"):
bowl; pipe bowl (a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco)
mouthpiece (the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth)
stem (the tube of a tobacco pipe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tobacco pipe"):
briar; briar pipe (a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath)
calabash; calabash pipe (a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd)
calumet; peace pipe; pipe of peace (a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace))
clay pipe (a pipe made of clay)
calean; chicha; hookah; hubble-bubble; hubbly-bubbly; kalian; narghile; nargileh; sheesha; shisha; water pipe (an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water)
meerschaum (a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum)