pipe

Definitions of pipe
  1. noun
    a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
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    types:
    calumet de la paix, calumet de paix
    a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
    narghilé, narguilé
    an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
    type of:
    conduit, tube
    conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
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