pipe organ
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈpaɪp ˈɔrɡən/
:
órgano de tubos
- The pipe organ fills the cathedral with its powerful sound during services.
Examples
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Many churches proudly feature a pipe organ as the centerpiece of their musical worship.
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A woman was playing a pipe organ.
Fiction book (1996) -
Dragging them up the steps toward the pipe organ, he warned them to be quiet.
Fiction book (1991) -
In a church setting, the pipe organ can uplift the minds of listeners before, during, and after the service.
Academic text (2011) -
The church pipe-organ music drifts softly into the night.
Fiction book (1997) -
But then the music rolled from the pipe organ, a hymn from his boyhood.
Fiction book (2001) -
Guests can watch this living legend play one of Europe's most majestic pipe organs during the 12:05 p.m. Mass.
Blog text (16) -
She spent hours practicing hymns on the old pipe organ in the community church.
Synonyms
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5.3
A large keyboard instrument that makes sound using air or electricity
How Portable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a large instrument whose sound is produced by air passed through pipes' is directly and compositionally derived from 'pipe' (tube) + 'organ' (keyed musical instrument). This noun–noun compound follows a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Pipe organ shows how it makes sound: many long pipes have air blown through them to make different notes, and organ means 'musical instrument'. That's why a pipe organ is the large keyboard instrument that fills a church or hall with rich music.