water pipe

noun

1

: a pipe for conveying water

2

: a smoking device that consists of a bowl mounted on a vessel of water which is provided with a long tube and arranged so that smoke is drawn through the water where it is cooled and up the tube to the mouth

Examples of water pipe in a Sentence

The flooding was caused by a broken water pipe.

Recent Examples on the Web

Between water pipes, water filtration systems, and garbage disposal units, there’s usually not much space under the kitchen sink for proper storage. —Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 22 Feb. 2026

Osaka had 92 cases of water pipe leaks under city roads in the fiscal year ending March 2025, the city’s waterworks official Eiji Kotani told the Associated Press on Friday. —Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026

River conservationists on Wednesday urged state regulators to reassess how aging hydropower infrastructure is operated and maintained — and, in some cases, whether certain facilities should remain in place — following a 14-foot diameter, high-pressure water pipe ruptured last week. —Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026

Broward County officials told CBS News Miami that a private contractor using a horizontal drilling method to lay fiber optic line hit an 8-inch water pipe, leading to the powerful leak. —Ted Scouten, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for water pipe

• allotype
• antitype
• archetype
• biotype
• collotype
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• haplotype
• holotype
• hypotype
• isotype
• lectotype
• linotype