Pipe

What “Pipe” means

Noun

1. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
2. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
3. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
4. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
5. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.

Verb

1. To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
2. To shout loudly and at high pitch.
3. To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
4. Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
5. Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English pīpe, pype (“hollow cylinder or tube used as a conduit or container; duct or vessel of the body; musical instrument; financial records maintained by the English Exchequer, pipe roll”), from Old English pīpe (“pipe (musical instrument); the channel of a small stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā. Reinforced by Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from Latin pipire, pipiare, pipare, from pīpiō (“to chirp, peep”), of imitative origin. Displaced native Old English fealh and Old English þrūh. Doublet of fife. Cognate with Dutch pijp, German Pfeife, Danish pibe, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk pipe, Swedish pipa, Faroese and Icelandic pípa. The “storage container” and “liquid measure” senses are derived from Middle English pīpe (“large storage receptacle, particularly for wine; cask, vat; measure of volume”), from pīpe (above) and Old French pipe (“liquid measure”). In specific c

Business name ideas with “Pipe”

Industries where “Pipe” fits

We suggest this word for 7 business types and industries, including:

• Plumbing Company
• Concrete Pipe Manufacturing
• Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
• Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel
• Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
• Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
• Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors