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pipestem

pipestem

8.4
The long narrow part of a pipe that you hold in your mouth
  • noun
  • /ˈpaɪpˌstɛm/
translation icon : boquilla
  • He took a long drag from the pipestem of his pipe, savoring the rich flavor of the tobacco.

Examples

  • The pipestem was still clutched in the toothless gums, though the smokeweed had long ago ceased to perfume the air.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Chewing on the pipestem, he turned away from the frost-fringed windowpane and scowled at the computers and the data-gathering equipment that lined three walls of the telecommunications shack.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • When he grinned around his pipestem at the sight of Perrin, it split his face in half.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The eyes pierced her and the gums clamped hard over their pipestem.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • As he spoke, smoke drifted from the pipestem he held between his lips, creating a hazy atmosphere around him.

  • The old man carefully cleaned the pipestem of his favorite smoking pipe after each use.

Synonyms

mouthpiece
vspipestem
8 3.6

The part of a device that you speak into or put over your mouth

is specifically the long narrow section held in the mouth of a smoking instrument

Compounds

pipestem clematis
  • US
8.7

A climbing vine from California with thin woody stems and showy flowers

How Narrow

shank
6 8.2
pipestem
8.4
stem
126 1.6
bowl
44 6.7

Surface Forms

pipestem singular
pipestems plural

Morphology

pipestem = pipe + stem (transparent) = pipe + stem

A literal compound meaning the stem (narrow shaft) of a pipe; the structure and meaning are directly compositional.

Etymology

Pipestem comes from the parts pipe, meaning 'smoking tube', and stem, meaning 'long, thin part'. It refers to the long, narrow part of a smoking pipe you hold in your mouth, literally the 'stem' of the 'pipe'.