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noun hollow tube that carries gas/liquid ADJ. underground | gas, sewage, waste, water the hot and cold water pipes | brake, central heating, hose (also hosepipe) | drainage, drain (also drainpipe), exhaust, inlet, outfall, outflow, outlet, overflow, service, supply | blocked, broken, burst, cracked, frozen, leaking | concrete, copper, iron, lead, metal, plastic, steel QUANT. length to join two lengths of pipe together Copper pipe is sold in lengths. VERB + PIPE lay, run He laid the pipes under the floorboards. | connect | insulate, lag Insulating your pipes will save on your heating bills. PIPE + VERB lead, pass through sth, run The pipes lead into the river. The pipes will have to pass through the wall. | burst, freeze, leak PIPE + NOUN cutter, fitter | insulation PREP. through a/the ~ | ~ for the pipe for the hot water | ~ from, ~ to The pipe from the boiler to the bath. used for smoking tobacco ADJ. clay | peace VERB + PIPE smoke | light | fill | draw on, puff away at/on, puff on | knock out He knocked out his pipe in the big glass ashtray. PIPE + NOUN smoker | tobacco | rack PHRASES the bowl/stem of a pipe
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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pipe up
informal
to suddenly start to speak or make a noise
• In the silence that followed, a lone voice piped up from the back of the room., pipe down
informal
to stop talking or making unnecessary noise
• Will you please pipe down, you two? I'm trying to read!
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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pipe
NOUN + pipe
a water pipe
• Be careful to avoid piercing any water pipes or electricity cables.
a gas pipe
a waste pipe
• What’s the best way to clear a blocked waste pipe?
a sewer/sewage pipe
(= for removing waste from the human body )
verbs
lay a pipe
• They were digging a trench to lay water pipes.
block a pipe
• It is likely that fat or grease is blocking the waste pipe.
a pipe leaks
• He complained that a water pipe was leaking in his hotel room.
a pipe freezes
• That winter was so cold that the pipes froze and we had no water.
a pipe bursts
• A burst pipe can cause major structural damage quite quickly.
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