clay pipe
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- noun
- /kleɪ paɪp/
:
pipa de arcilla
- He enjoys relaxing on the porch while smoking his clay pipe.
- smoking a clay pipe
Examples
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Chingachgook watches, content, smoking his clay pipe.
Fiction book (1992) -
If they acquire a white clay pipe and a chip comes off the bowl, they're going to use it.
Academic text (2011) -
I once met a woman who smoked a clay pipe.
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The men had gone outside to smoke their clay pipes and have some rum.
Fiction book (1994) -
He never stopped talking and never once took that broke-stemmed old clay pipe he called his nose-warmer from between his teeth.
Fiction book (1990) -
As we saluted Baba, he returned our salute, bowing his head with closed eyes, but without removing the clay pipe from his lips.
Fiction book (1992) -
The village elders ground the leaves and pressed them into a cane stick or into a clay pipe and only smoked on solemn occasions, but Rodrigo enjoyed it all the time.
Fiction book (1995) -
Sitting near the riverbank on an improvised mat of large Marantaceae leaves, Aluta cuts tobacco into shreds and tamps it into a tar-blackened clay pipe.
Academic text (1991) -
The old man pulled out his clay pipe and filled it with tobacco.
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During the festival, many people enjoyed their meals along with a clay pipe to smoke.
Synonyms
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5.5
A small tube with a bowl for smoking tobacco
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A small tube with a bowl that you use to smoke tobacco
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Morphology
The meaning 'a pipe made from clay' is directly compositional from 'clay' (the material) + 'pipe' (a smoking or tubing object), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the referent and likely function. This material + object compound pattern is common across languages, making the expression transparently understandable.
Etymology
Clay pipe is a simple name that comes from the picture of a small smoking pipe made of baked clay. These fragile white pipes were cheap and common long ago, so the name now means 'a pipe for smoking made from clay'.