Line
Line noun - A long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas).
Usage example: the workers rushed to fix the leak in the gas line
Pipe
Pipe noun - A long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas).
Usage example: the plumber came and fixed the water pipe that was leaking
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Synonyms for Pipe
Line is a synonym for pipe in tube topic. You can use "Line" instead a noun "Pipe", if it concerns topics such as passage.
How words are described
| old | old line | old pipe |
| long | long line | long pipe |
| similar | similar line | similar pipe |
| simple | simple line | simple pipe |
| Other adjectives: small, actual, real, massive, big, horizontal, famous, thin, iconic. | ||
Common collocations
| time | line time | pipe time |
Both words in one sentence
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It turns out, though, that the villain was deliberately using the famous movie line as an attempt to distract Frank, who was at that moment threatening him with a pipe.
Source: Luke, I Am Your Father -
When examining a pipe early in the game, this is the only line given: Rufus: This brings water to the houses.
Source: Video Game / Deponia - Goblins has the confrontation in the sewer between Delyn and Thaco when Thaco parrots Delyn's "Bleed for me" line after pinning him on a broken sewer pipe.
Source: Ironic Echo / Web Comics
Cite this Source
Pipe and Line. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/line/pipe
Line & Pipe. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/line/pipe>.
Pipe or Line. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/line/pipe.
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