Pipe and Tap

Pipe

Pipe noun - A long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas).

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Tap and pipe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tap" instead a noun "Pipe".

Nearby Words: piping, piped, pipeline, pipework, pipage

Tap noun - A fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid.

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Pipe and tap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pipe" instead a noun "Tap".

Nearby Words: tapped, tapping, taproom, tapper

special	special pipe	special tap
single	single pipe	single tap
simple	simple pipe	simple tap
small	small pipe	small tap
Other adjectives: tiny, traditional, broken, giant.

pipe time

tap time

Tap on the Head: In Farewell To The Eyewitness, Ryokou smacks Murakami over the head with an iron pipe and he dies from it.

Source: Manga / Chie Shinohara The Best Collection
As is fitting for its After the End setting, one of Nina's staffs in Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter is a metal pipe with a tap still attached to it, which naturally gives her water-elemental attacks a damage boost.

Source: Pipe Pain
Linking said bathroom to the nearest pipe organ, however, was not such a good idea... And there's a tap you don't want to touch while taking a shower.

Source: Bungling Inventor

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