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pipe - use in sentences
Converse of object
- leak: The floor was covered in about an inch of water but there was no sign of leaking pipes.
- insulate: For systems without a tank stat, it is vital to insulate the pipes adjacent to the tank that feed the heating coil.
- smoke: Bad enough with him smoking that pipe of his.
- bury: But the rivalries are interrupted: in the exact place where Zöllner is buried, new pipes are to be laid.
- lay: There are 16 miles of pipes laid in the concrete under the ice.
Adjective modifier
- perforated: Concealed perforated pipes hidden below the water line would have spewed gasoline and then the floating fuel would have been ignited.
- underground: I imagined they were responding to some report of a blocked drain, by sucking out the underground pipes along the road.
- plastic: You can even install special plastic pipe in solid floors to provide under floor heating.
- frozen: Gordon also mentions that frozen water supply pipes were a problem.
- 22mm: A piece of 22mm copper pipe is inserted into this hole as a sleeve.
Modifies a noun
- organ: Billy couldn't take a pipe organ with him, in fact he didn't own one.
- cleaner: The best pipe cleaner craft book I've been able to find.
- dream: Talk of shaping Europes policy is just a pipe dream.
- insulation: The opportunity to update existing heating controls should never be missed along with increasing pipe insulation.
Noun used with modifier
- exhaust: These chrome trims are either straight, to lengthen the exhaust pipe, or a shrouded fan shape to deflect the gases downwards.
- clay: A number of clay pipes are among the finds.
- flue: Like the great, the sixteen top notes of the clarion are composed of flue pipes.
- hose: We are building two planters out of breeze block with lengths of hose pipe between the mortar joints.
- outfall: A new sea outfall pipe is to be sited north of the town.
- burst: I would have hoped your tenants would be sensible enough not to want burst pipes damaging their goods.
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