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pipedream

pipedream is the alternative form of pipe dream.

Meaning of pipe dream

Noun

pipe dream (plural pipe dreams)

  1. (idiomatic) A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility.
    • I think that his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and that he should stay in school.

Forms of pipedream

pluralpipedreams

Questions about pipedream

What is pipedream the alternative form of?
Pipedream is the alternative form of pipe dream.

Words near pipedream in the dictionary

  1. piped one's eye
  2. piped the eye
  3. piped the side
  4. piped up
  5. PIPEDA
  6. pipedream
  7. pipedreams
  8. pipefish
  9. pipefishes
  10. pipefitter
  11. pipefitters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pipedream (page history and authors); pipe dream (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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