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  • 71Pipe Major — The Pipe Major is the director of bagpipe music in a Scottish or Irish pipe band. Like Drum Major, the position of Pipe Major is derived from British Army traditions. As in the case of Drum Major, the Pipe Major is a prestigious position in any… …

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  • 72Pipe and tube bender — Tube and pipe benders are machines which bend tube, pipe and solid metals. Pipe bending machines can either be human powered, hydraulic assisted, or hydraulic motor driven. In the pipe bending operation the tube may be supported internally or… …

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  • 73air brake — 1. a brake or system of brakes operated by compressed air. 2. Aeron. a device for reducing the air speed of an aircraft by increasing its drag. 3. a device for stopping the sails of a windmill by disrupting the flow of air around them. [1870 75,… …

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  • 74pipe — pipe1 W3S2 [paıp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(tube)¦ 2¦(for smoking)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4 pipe dream 5 put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: pipa, from Vulgar Latin, from Latin pipare to make a high sound ] …

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  • 75pipe — I UK [paɪp] / US noun [countable] Word forms pipe : singular pipe plural pipes ** 1) a tube that carries liquid or gas from one place to another The pipes had frozen during the severe weather. lay a pipe: Workers were laying water pipes outside… …

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  • 76pipe — pipe1 [ paıp ] noun count ** 1. ) a tube that carries liquid or gas from one place to another: The pipes had frozen during the severe weather. lay a pipe: Workers were laying water pipes outside the house. a pipe leads/runs somewhere: A pipe runs …

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  • 77pipe — 1 noun (C) 1 TUBE a tube through which a liquid or gas flows, often under the ground: A pipe had burst in the kitchen and flooded the floor. | Workmen were laying pipes under the road. | The pipe s blocked again! | a gas pipe 2 FOR SMOKING a… …

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  • 78air duct — noun a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines) • Syn: ↑air passage, ↑airway • Hypernyms: ↑duct • Hyponyms: ↑register, ↑snorkel, ↑ …

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  • 79Air Training Corps — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Air Training Corps role=Volunteer Youth Organisation garrison=RAFC Cranwell garrison label=Headquarters motto= Venture Adventure current commander= Air Commodore Ian R W Stewart current commander label= Cmdt AC… …

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  • 80pipe organ — noun wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard • Syn: ↑organ • Derivationally related forms: ↑organist (for: ↑organ) •… …

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