pipe cleaner
pipe cleaner
Definition
pipe cleaner
noun
a short length of thin wires twisted so as to hold tiny tufts of yarn and used to clean the stem of a tobacco pipe, etc.
pipe cleaner
Usage Examples
Preposition: from
- store: I expect that she's still having fun with it -- we bought her a stack of pipe cleaners from the local craft store.
Converse of object
- use: Tip: use a pipe cleaner dipped in resin to coat the inside of the lacing holes.
- twist: Make a six-sided star shape by twisting three white pipe cleaners together in the center.
Adjective modifier
- more: These can be shorter than your axon and you can twist more pipe cleaners to make more dendrites.
- enough: I liked it because it comes with enough pipe cleaners to make everything in the book.
- long: Wrap these short pieces around longer pipe cleaners to make dendrites.
Modifies a noun
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