clay pipe

Thân thiện

A gardener uses a clay pipe to water the delicate seedlings.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A smoking pipe made from clay: A "clay pipe" is a simple smoking pipe, typically with a long stem and a bowl, manufactured from fired clay.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The archaeologist found fragments of a 17th-century clay pipe at the dig site.
  • He prefers smoking a traditional clay pipe rather than a modern briar one.

Advanced Usage

• "Broken clay pipe": Often used in historical or archaeological contexts to describe unearthed artifacts.
  • The museum's collection includes several broken clay pipes from the colonial era.

Variants and Related Words

• Tobacco pipe (n): A general term for any pipe used for smoking tobacco.
• Churchwarden pipe (n): A specific style of long-stemmed clay pipe.

Synonyms

• Earthenware pipe: A pipe made from baked clay.
• Kaolin pipe: A pipe made from a specific type of white clay (kaolin).

Related Phrases

• "To smoke a clay": An informal phrase where "clay" is shorthand for a clay pipe.
  • In the old portrait, the gentleman is seen smoking a clay.

Related Idioms

• "As fragile as a clay pipe": Used to describe something very delicate or easily broken.
  • Handle that antique vase carefully; it's as fragile as a clay pipe.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a pipe made of clay