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Meanings of piping in English

Russian
кант
Catalan
viu
Wikidata

Tubular strip of textile used for trimming the edges and seams of costume, coverings, and hangings.

        кант
        Russian
        трубопроводная система
        Portuguese
        oleoduto ou gasoduto
        Catalan
        canonada
        Spanish
        oleoducto o gasoducto
        Wikidata

        System of pipes used to transport fluids (gases, liquids or pourable or pumpable solids) from one location to another;high-performance (high-pressure, high-flow, high-temperature or hazardous-material) conveyance of fluids in specialized applications.

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              трубопроводная система
              Portuguese
              duto
              Catalan
              canonada

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

                    duto

                    (Used of heat) extremely.

                          Usage of piping in English
                          1
                          The robin and the bluebird were piping sweetly in the blossoming orchard.
                          The Child's World: Third Reader
                          2
                          This was the general practice by the company as regards the piping.
                          Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
                          3
                          The children piping Christmas hymns in the clear cold morning enchanted her.
                          London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
                          4
                          Among the foliage of the trees they heard the piping of sparrows.
                          Cæsar or Nothing
                          5
                          The oystercatchers and swallows, peeping and piping overhead, have the right idea.
                          The Guardian
                          6
                          I was getting more and more used to his fast, piping speech.
                          Halo Cryptum
                          7
                          A moment later, a deep, sonorous voice joined the boy's piping tone.
                          The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
                          8
                          I drink from a fountain, but the water comes out piping hot.
                          The Guardian
                          9
                          He plans to connect it by piping with the central heating plant.
                          Ted and the Telephone
                          10
                          And now a great piping of tree-frogs arose in all that country.
                          Aladdin O'Brien
                          11
                          PVCs are a common element in robust plastics such as plumbing piping.
                          Wired
                          12
                          Then a maid brought in a piping-hot dinner of delicious Irish stew.
                          What's the Matter with Ireland?
                          13
                          It ended as it had begun, in an even, agreeable tenor piping.
                          Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
                          14
                          A wine rack made with leftover piping was built into the wall.
                          BBC
                          15
                          Above the borders of the Forest there was whistling, crying and piping.
                          The hobbit: or there and back again
                          16
                          To my utter disbelief the radiator beneath said fuinneog was piping hot.
                          The Irish Times
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                          Translations for piping
                          Piping through the time
                          Piping across language varieties
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common