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pipe-openers

pipe-openers is the plural of pipe-opener.

Meaning of pipe-opener

Noun

pipe-opener (plural pipe-openers)

  1. A device for putting a hole in a pipe.
  2. A device or mechanism for clearing obstructions in a pipe.
  3. A practice event; a warm-up.
    • They will note the doings of the favourite for some particular race, scanning him keenly and critically ; they will see how he takes his pipe-opener, or if he breaks down, or if he turns lame, or is absent from exercise.1873, The Contemporary Review, volume 22
  4. (figuratively) A brisk walk or other aerobic exercise; a constitutional.
  5. (figuratively) An example that serves as an introduction.
    • That tale may have served as a pipe-opener, but one could not see its wood for its trees, so I threw it away.1991, Rudyard Kipling, edited by Thomas Pinney, Something of myself and other autobiographical writings

Questions about pipe-openers

What is pipe-openers the plural of?
Pipe-openers is the plural of pipe-opener.

Words near pipe-openers in the dictionary

  1. pipe-hitters
  2. pipe-layer
  3. pipe-layers
  4. pipe-light
  5. pipe-opener
  6. pipe-openers
  7. pipe-staple
  8. pipe-staples
  9. pipe-stapple
  10. pipe-stick
  11. pipe-sticks

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