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pan-pipes

pan-pipes is the alternative spelling of panpipes.

Meaning of panpipes

Noun

panpipes pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top, and is played by blowing across the open end at the top.

Questions about pan-pipes

What is pan-pipes the alternative spelling of?
Pan-pipes is the alternative spelling of panpipes.

Words near pan-pipes in the dictionary

  1. pan-loaves
  2. pan-Muslimism
  3. pan-nationalism
  4. pan-Palestinian
  5. pan-pan
  6. pan-pipes
  7. pan-Polish
  8. pan-post-Soviet
  9. Pan-Presbyterian
  10. pan-primate
  11. pan-Romance

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