# pipes

Pronunciation: say "PYPS" /paɪps/

## Noun

1. Plural of pipe. — plural of pipe
   - Simple: Plural of pipe. Use this when you mean more than one pipe.
   - _Workers dug up the street to reach the broken water pipes._
   - _Frost cracked the metal pipes behind the wall._
3. A person's vocal power, especially the strength and quality of a singing voice.
   - Simple: The strength and quality of someone's singing voice.
   - _The tenor showed off his pipes during the audition._
   - _After years of training, she developed remarkable pipes._
4. Well-developed biceps; large, muscular upper arms.
   - Simple: Large, well-developed arm muscles.
   - _The bodybuilder's pipes strained against his shirt sleeves._
   - _Regular training gave him impressive pipes._
5. A pipe organ; a large keyboard instrument that produces tone by driving air through sets of tuned metal or wooden pipes.
   - Simple: A large musical instrument that makes sound by pushing air through rows of tuned tubes.
   - _The cathedral's pipes resounded through the nave as the organist began the prelude._
   - _Restoring the great pipes above the altar took the craftsmen nearly three years._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of pipe. — third-person singular simple present indicative of pipe
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of pipe. Use this with he, she, or it.
   - _The utility pipes natural gas to thousands of homes._
   - _A lone bird pipes its morning call across the field._

## Origin

The sense of vocal capacity comes from imagining that one's lungs are made of pipework.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pipes (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).