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Piping

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Noun

1. piping

a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems

2. pipage, pipe, piping

a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.

3. piping

playing a pipe or the bagpipes

Adverb

4. piping, steaming

(used of heat) extremely

Example Sentences:
'the casserole was piping hot'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Piping

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noun
1. 
pipes collectively, esp pipes formed into a connected system, as in the plumbing of a house
2. 
a cord of icing, whipped cream, etc, often used to decorate desserts and cakes
3. 
a thin strip of covered cord or material, used to edge hems, etc
4. 
the sound of a pipe or a set of bagpipes
5. 
the art or technique of playing a pipe or bagpipes
6. 
a shrill voice or sound, esp a whistling sound
adjective
7. 
making a shrill sound
8. archaic
relating to the pipe (associated with peace), as opposed to martial instruments, such as the fife or trumpet
adverb
9.  piping hot

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Piping

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noun
1. 
the act of a person who pipes
2. 
the music made by pipes
3. 
a shrill voice or sound
4. 
a. 
a system of pipes
b. 
pipes collectively
5. 
a pipelike fold of material with which edges or seams are trimmed
6.  Cookery
ornamental, pipelike lines of icing, as on a cake
adjective
7. 
playing on a pipe
8. 
characterized by the music of the “peaceful” pipe rather than of the “warlike” drums, trumpets, etc.; hence, peaceful or tranquil
9. 
sounding high and shrill

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Piping

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n.
1. A system of pipes, such as those used in plumbing.
2. Music
a. The act of playing on a pipe.
b. The music produced by a pipe when played.
3. A shrill, high-pitched sound.
4. A narrow tube of fabric, sometimes enclosing a cord, used for trimming seams and edges, as of slipcovers.
5. A tubular ribbon of icing on a pastry.
adj.
1. Music Playing on a pipe.
2. Having a high-pitched sound: the piping voices of children.
3. Tranquil; peaceful: "in this weak piping time of peace" (Shakespeare).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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