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crosspipe

noun

Etymology

From cross + pipe.

  1. inherited from pīpian
  2. inherited from pipen
  3. derived from pipa
  4. derived from pipe
  5. derived from pipire
  6. derived from *pīpa✻
  7. inherited from *pīpā✻
  8. inherited from pīpe
  9. inherited from pipe
  10. compounded as crosspipe — “cross + pipe”

Definitions

  1. A cross-shaped segment used to connect the ends of four pipes.

    • The English sparrow, another abundant city species, also loves streetlights and lampposts, especially those with crosspipes open at the ends.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for crosspipe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA