water pipe

NOUN

pipe through which water moves

Synonyms

STRONGEST

plumbing water main

WEAK

conduit hookah hubble-bubble kalian main nargileh sluice steam pipe water conduit

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

Emergency powers allow works to be carried out with little or no notice in certain circumstances such as gas leaks or a burst water pipe.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

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

While his father was involved body and soul with his water pipe, the willful first-born, who had always been too big for his age, had become a monumental adolescent.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez