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

Department of Water and Power says crews completed repairs on an underground water pipe and plan to restore service soon for thousands in Granada Hills and Porter Ranch.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

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

"There was hot water running over my head. I thought to myself: 'Who opened the water pipe?'"

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

He went directly to his mother’s bedroom, where Aureliano had boiled mercury for four months in his grandfather's grandfather’s water pipe to conserve the body according to Melquíades’ formula.

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