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chillum

chillum

9.9
A straight cone-shaped pipe used for smoking, often in South Asia
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɪləm/
  • NSFW
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  • At the festival, people gathered around to share a chillum and exchange stories.

Examples

  • He carefully packed the chillum with aromatic herbs before lighting it.

  • I've seen people smoking chillums along the side of the road.

    Blog text (12)

  • Look at his puny wife. "Uh-huh!" Mrs. Suzanne said, "and look at how lazy all his chillum is."

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The camera moved to an old woman with bloodshot eyes and a cloud of frizzy white hair, who held a chillum expertly between her big-knuckled fingers, and who released clouds of white smoke into the waning light, laughing silently.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Many travelers enjoy smoking from a chillum in the Himalayan mountains.

Synonyms

pipe
vschillum
99 5.5

A small tube with a bowl for smoking tobacco

is straight and conical rather than having a bowl at one end
clay pipe
vschillum
1 4.4

A small pipe for smoking tobacco made from baked clay

is identified by its straight conical form rather than by its material
tobacco pipe
vschillum
1 3.2

A small tube with a bowl that you use to smoke tobacco

is straight and conical instead of having a small bowl for burning
Queen's pipe
vschillum
9.9

A traditional pipe used in ceremonies for shared smoking

is a traditional smoking instrument without specific ritual or symbolic use
calean
vschillum
  • Archaic
9.9

A long water pipe for cooling tobacco smoke before you breathe it in

is a straight conical instrument smoked without water cooling

Surface Forms

chillum singular
chillums plural

Etymology

The word chillum comes from an Indian word like chilam, which meant a simple, straight 'smoking pipe' used by travelers and holy men in South Asia. So a chillum today is a cone-shaped pipe for smoking.