Definition

Noun 1. A water pipe for smoking tobacco: A calean is a type of pipe, often ornate, used for smoking flavored tobacco. The smoke is drawn through a long, flexible tube and passes through a water-filled base to cool it before inhalation. It is synonymous with a hookah or narghile.

Usage

The word "calean" is a specific, somewhat archaic term for a hookah. It is used to refer to the entire smoking apparatus. * He relaxed after dinner by smoking the calean. * The traditional calean was passed among the guests.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often found in historical or literary contexts describing Middle Eastern or South Asian settings.
• It emphasizes the traditional and social aspect of the practice, as opposed to modern electronic devices.

Variants and Related Words

• Hookah (n): The more common modern term for the same device.
• Narghile (n): Another synonym for a water pipe, common in Turkish and Arabic contexts.
• Shisha (n): Often refers specifically to the flavored tobacco smoked in a hookah/calean, but can also refer to the pipe itself in some regions.

Synonyms

• Water pipe
• Hookah
• Narghile
• Hubble-bubble (informal)

Related Phrases

• To smoke a calean: The act of using the pipe.
  • They gathered to smoke a calean and discuss poetry.

Noun

1. an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
   • a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola