Pipe Dream Definition

noun
A fantastic idea, vain hope or plan, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pipe Dream

Noun

Singular:
pipe dream
Plural:
pipe-dreams

Origin of Pipe Dream

  • From the fantasies induced by smoking a pipe of opium

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the fantasies experienced when smoking an opium pipe.

    From Wiktionary

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