briar pipe

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• briar pipe — noun a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath • Syn: ↑briar • Hypernyms: ↑pipe, ↑tobacco pipe * * * noun see briar II …   Useful english dictionary

• pipe — Synonyms and related words: English horn, Missouri meerschaum, Pandean pipe, adjutage, aerophone, anthem, aulos, bagpipe, ballad, bark, barrel, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, bawl, bay, beep, bell, bellow, blare, blast, blat, blow, blow a… …   Moby Thesaurus

• pipe — n 1. tube, cylinder, conduit, duct, conveyor, reed, straw, stem; pipette, catheter, funnel, tubule, fistula, nipple; passage, capillary, artery, vein; hose, garden hose, rubber hose; flue, chimney, smokestack; gas pipe, gasline, pipeline,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• briar — I. noun also brier Etymology: Middle English brere, from Old English brēr Date: 15th century a plant (as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem; also a mass or twig of these • briary adjective II.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• briar — briar1 (also brier) noun a prickly scrambling shrub, especially a wild rose. [Rosa eglanteria (sweet briar) and other species.] Derivatives briary adjective Origin OE brr, brēr, of unknown origin. briar2 (also brier) noun 1》 (also …   English new terms dictionary

• briar — briar, brier Both spellings are used of two distinct words, meaning respectively a prickly bush and a type of wood (or a pipe made from it). The preferred spelling for both words is briar …   Modern English usage

• briar — briar1 [brī′ər] n. BRIER1 briary adj. briar2 [brī′ər] n. 1. a tobacco pipe made from the root of BRIER2 (sense 1) 2. occas. sp. of BRIER2 (senses 1 & 2) …   English World dictionary

• briar — UK [ˈbraɪə(r)] / US [ˈbraɪr] noun Word forms briar : singular briar plural briars or briar 1) [countable/uncountable] a bush with thorns (= sharp points) on its branches 2) [countable] a pipe for smoking tobacco, made from briar 3)… …   English dictionary

• pipe — pipe1 pipeless, adj. pipelike, adj. /puyp/, n., v., piped, piping. n. 1. a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc. 2. a tube of wood, clay, hard rubber, or other material,… …   Universalium

• pipe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. passage, tube, main; briar, corncob, meerschaum; flute, fife, bagpipe, flageolet. See music, opening, cry. pipe down pipe dream pipe up II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A tube] Syn. pipeline, drain pipe, sewer …   English dictionary for students

• briar — bri|ar brier [ˈbraıə US ər] n [Sense: 1; Origin: Old English brer] [Sense: 2; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: briar type of heather (19 20 centuries), from French bruyère] 1.) [U and C] a wild bush with branches that have small sharp points 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English