pipe stem

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• pipe|stem — «PYP STEHM», noun. 1. the rigid tube (stem) of a tobacco pipe, through which the smoke is drawn from the bowl by sucking. 2. Figurative. something thin, such as a leg or arm. 3. Usually, pipestems. = pipestem trousers. (Cf. ↑pipestem trousers) …   Useful english dictionary

• pipe-stem — pipeˈ stem noun The tube of a tobacco pipe • • • Main Entry: ↑pipe …   Useful english dictionary

• pipe stem — (also pipestem) n. the shaft of a tobacco pipe ■ [as adj.] used to describe anything resembling this, such as a very narrow pants leg …   Useful english dictionary

• pipe-stopple — pipeˈ stoppˈle or pipeˈ stappˈle noun (Scot) 1. A tobacco pipe stem 2. Anything very thin and brittle looking • • • Main Entry: ↑pipe …   Useful english dictionary

• Pipe cleaner — A plain white pipe cleaner. A pipe cleaner or chenille stem is a type of brush originally intended for cleaning dottle from smoking pipes. Besides cleaning pipes, they can be used for any application that calls for cleaning out small bores or… …   Wikipedia

• stem — Synonyms and related words: IC analysis, Maypole, V, accidence, accrue from, adjutage, advance, affiliation, affix, affixation, affront, allomorph, animal kingdom, ankle, antagonize, anthrophore, apparentation, arise, arise from, arrest, ascender …   Moby Thesaurus

• pipe — n. & v. n. 1 a tube of metal, plastic, wood, etc. used to convey water, gas, etc. 2 (also tobacco pipe) a a narrow wooden or clay etc. tube with a bowl at one end containing burning tobacco, the smoke from which is drawn into the mouth. b the… …   Useful english dictionary

• Pipe Nebula — Dark nebula caption=The Pipe Nebula name = Pipe Nebula type = Dark epoch = J2000.0 ra = 17h 27m dec = −26° 56 prime; dist ly = 600 to 700 dist pc = 180 to 220 appmag v = – size v = Pipe Stem 300 prime; x 60 prime; Pipe Bowl 200 prime; x 140… …   Wikipedia

• 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 cleaner — noun cleaning implement consisting of a flexible tufted wire that is used to clean a pipe stem • Hypernyms: ↑cleaning implement, ↑cleaning device, ↑cleaning equipment * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] : a piece of wire that is covered with soft cloth… …   Useful english dictionary

• stem — stem1 [stem] n. [ME < OE stemn, stefn, akin to Ger stamm, tree trunk < IE base * stebh , post, pole > STEP, STAFF1] 1. the main upward growing axis of a plant, having nodes and bearing leaves, usually extending in a direction opposite to …   English World dictionary