organ pipe en · NOUN
Etymology
From organ + pipe.
Meanings
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A tuned metal or wooden tube connected mechanically or electrically to an organ console.
In an inner mountain land where none hath come he hath carved his organ pipes out of the mountains, and there when the winds, his servants, come in from all the world he maketh the melody of Limpang-Tung.
1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 24:
- An organ pipe cactus.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| organ pipes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
organ pipe mud dauber · organ pipe cactus
Translations (6)
es tubo de órgano (tube part of an organ (instrument)) · zh 風琴管 /风琴管 (tube part of an organ (instrument)) · nl orgelpijp (tube part of an organ (instrument)) · mk дудлец (tube part of an organ (instrument)) · ru органная труба (tube part of an organ (instrument)) · sv orgelpipa (tube part of an organ (instrument))