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

Byron Kutz, the city’s superintendent of engineering, told the City Council the 10-inch water pipe is more than 100 years old and has experienced several breaks in recent years. —Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026

The other rises through sediment near water pipes — a detail that underscores how closely this creature’s habitat intersects with human water infrastructure. —Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026

The other rises through sediment near water pipes. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026

Two hours later, Leewright found the woman hanging from a water pipe in the bathroom, dead. —Kevin Foster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for water pipe

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