briar pipe
- noun
- /ˈbraɪər paɪp/
:
pipa de brezo
- Meinertzhagen had spoken, with that briar pipe of his locked firmly between his teeth; and I went down, and the train I was riding was ambushed and blown up just a few miles west of Voi.
Examples
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Meinertzhagen, the briar pipe still clenched firmly between his teeth, merely pressed the tips of his fingers together, concentrated on the problem, and looked out toward the glowing horizon with all of the meditative tranquility.
Fiction book (1990) -
Without waiting to be asked, he used his big red hands to fill and tamp a briar pipe with shag tobacco before starting his report.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Well?" said Meinertzhagen, the briar pipe clenched tightly between his teeth.
Fiction book (1990) -
While enjoying his afternoon tea, he often lit his briar pipe, appreciating its rich and warm flavors.
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The craftsmen at the workshop carefully shaped each briar pipe, ensuring it was both durable and aesthetically pleasing.
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He took a slow puff from his briar pipe, savoring the aromatic tobacco that filled the air around him.
Synonyms
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5.5
A small tube with a bowl for smoking tobacco
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4.4
A small pipe for smoking tobacco made from baked clay
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9.3
A tobacco pipe carved from the hard root of a Mediterranean shrub
An old clay pipe with a long stem for smoking, often from 17th or 18th century England
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Morphology
The meaning 'a pipe made from briar root' is directly inferable from combining 'briar' (the material/wood) with 'pipe' (a smoking instrument). Material+object compounds are compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand this MWE.
Etymology
Briar pipe comes from the hard root of the briar shrub, which pipe makers carved into the bowl of a pipe because the wood stands up to heat and does not burn. So a briar pipe means 'a strong, heat-resistant tobacco pipe'.