calean
- noun
- Archaic
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calean
- She watched locals prepare the calean, carefully filling the bowl with sweet-scented tobacco.
Examples
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The calean was placed in the center, its long tube winding across the rug to each guest.
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In the old café, travelers gathered around a calean to share stories and relax.
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He enjoys smoking from a calean.
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The calean was beautifully crafted.
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In the old café, travelers gathered around a calean to share stories and relax.
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She watched locals prepare the calean, carefully filling the bowl with sweet-scented tobacco.
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The calean was placed in the center, its long tube winding across the rug to each guest.
Synonyms
7
7.5
A long pipe that cools smoke in water for people to breathe in
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9.6
A water pipe for smoking tobacco that cools smoke through water
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5.1
A smoking device where smoke passes through water before you breathe it in
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9.9
A pipe with a long tube that cools tobacco smoke through water
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3.2
A small tube with a bowl that you use to smoke tobacco
A long pipe for smoking tobacco where smoke passes through water before you inhale
A pipe with a long tube that passes tobacco smoke through water
A water pipe used to smoke flavored tobacco through water
A pipe for smoking flavored tobacco through water with a long tube
A water pipe you smoke from that cools the smoke through water
A long pipe with a water bowl that people use to smoke tobacco
Surface Forms
Etymology
Calean comes from the Persian word qalyan, which was a name for a 'water pipe' used across the Middle East and South Asia. It is the same idea as the familiar hookah, and because the smoke passes through water the calean cools and smooths the smoke, which is why the word means that kind of pipe.