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

The filter screen is located where the shower head connects to the water pipe. —Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 July 2025

Boil water alerts are issued when there is a decrease in pressure of one of the main water pipes. —Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 13 June 2025

This issue forms when the water vapor in the air comes into contact with a cool surface, like windows, water pipes, plumbing fixtures, or walls. —Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025

The team unearthed a section of wooden water pipe dating back at least 1,700 years to ancient Roman times, officials said. —Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025

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