Synonyms for pipe
Most common
bar vertical line vertical bar separatrix organ pipe pipework tube tobacco pipe
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Vertical line — meanings relating to computing. The character |
vertical line, vertical bar, bar, separatrix, virgule dated
2. Pipework
Definitions
- n. 1
Meanings relating to computing. The character |.
- n. 2
Meanings relating to a wind instrument. A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube.
Related words
- Word family
- pipage pipeclay pipelay pipelaying pipestone pipetongs pipevine pipeweed
- Phrases
- water pipe pipe down shepherd's pipe churchwarden pipe food pipe lay pipe lay the pipe pipe wrench
- Is a kind of
- briar
Forms
- Plural
- pipes → bars, separatrixes, virgules, pipeworks…
Example sentences
- bar She belted out tune after tune at the karaoke bar.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pipe | falling | |
| bar | rising | |
| separatrix | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bar1
- 4 letters
- tube1, butt1, duct1, cask1
- 6 letters
- blower2, hookah
- 7 letters
- conduit3, virgule2
- 8 letters
- pipework, nargileh
- 9 letters
- telephone3
- 10 letters
- separatrix
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (blower2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- barre verticale