clay pipe
collocation in Englishmeaningsofclayandpipe
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clay
noun[U]
uk/kleɪ/us/kleɪ/
thick, heavy soil that is soft when wet, and hard when dry or baked, used for making bricks ...
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pipe
noun[C]
uk/paɪp/us/paɪp/
a tube inside which liquid or gas flows from one place ...
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(Definition ofclayandpipefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofclay pipe
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The pastry often has inserted raisins and aclaypipe.
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The north part includes a small necropolis, while the south part was probably a baptistery, as it features a square installation with aclaypipethat resembles a baptismal font.
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Motifs or symbols were in many cases stamped or incised into theclaypipe, depicting such things as stars, ships, boats, tobacco plants, hearts, humans, animals and geometric shapes.
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The new plastic pipes now in existence do not have to be handled in the same way as the old clay pipes.
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These objects + a decorated plate, for example, or a mouldedclaypipe+ are simultaneously functional and symbolic.
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You know that old inn, with the oldest inhabitant sitting on a bench at the door with his pint of beer, smoking hisclaypipe.
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I have even known men breaking up oldclaypipeheads so that they could feel the taste of nicotine through their lips.
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Theclaypipeindustry—not clay pipes for smoking but pipes for agricultural drainage—is suffering.
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But when theclaypipewent out, cancer of the lip disappeared.
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We saw these old men corning up who had been smoking aclaypipefor twenty or thirty years, with an awful cancer of the lip.
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A thick layer of top soil containing 18th and 19th century material including broken bricks,claypipestems and 19th century pottery was found.
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The layer has been dated as 17th to 18th century based on pottery shards and one well-preservedclaypipe, consistent with the 1693 tsunami.
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Aclaypipeis wedged into the handle and a cat is busy interfering with the shuttle.
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When he was a young man, he invented the color changingclaypipetrick.
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Other artifacts including fragments of dinnerware,claypipestems, and bricks were discovered during this effort.
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These included aclaypipeworks, various machinery and chemical manufacturers, and a pair of specialty steel companies.
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