pipe

tubería, tubo

Conducto largo y hueco por el que pasan agua, gas u otras sustancias.

En inglés sencillo: A long hollow tube that carries water, gas, or other substances.

• Water leaked from the pipe.
• The plumber replaced two broken pipes.
• Does this pipe carry gas?

Sinónimos: tube

Expresiones frecuentes: water pipe, gas pipe, broken pipe

pipa

Objeto con una pequeña cazoleta unida a un tubo, usado para fumar tabaco u otras sustancias.

En inglés sencillo: A small bowl attached to a tube, used for smoking tobacco or other substances.

• He filled his pipe with tobacco.
• My grandfather used to smoke a pipe.
• She cleaned the bowl of the pipe.

Sinónimos: tube

Expresiones frecuentes: smoke a pipe, tobacco pipe, pipe tobacco

flauta

Instrumento musical sencillo con forma de tubo que se toca soplando.

En inglés sencillo: A simple musical instrument shaped like a tube, played by blowing into it.

• He played a wooden pipe.
• The shepherd carried a small pipe.
• We heard the sweet sound of pipes from the hill.

Sinónimos: flute

Expresiones frecuentes: play the pipe, wooden pipe

pipa, tonel

Recipiente grande para almacenar líquidos, especialmente vino o sidra.

En inglés sencillo: A large container used for storing liquids, especially wine or cider.

• They filled a pipe with wine.
• Two pipes of cider stood in the cellar.
• The empty pipe was rolled into storage.

Sinónimos: cask, vat

Expresiones frecuentes: pipe of wine, wine pipe

ribete, vivo

Tira estrecha cosida en el borde o la unión de una tela, a menudo de otro color.

En inglés sencillo: A narrow strip sewn along a fabric edge or join, often in a different colour.

• A red pipe edged the cushion.
• She stitched a narrow pipe along the seam.
• The jacket had a contrasting pipe around its collar.

Sinónimos: piping

Expresiones frecuentes: decorative pipe, contrasting pipe

canalizar

Enviar agua, gas u otra sustancia de un lugar a otro mediante tubos.

En inglés sencillo: To send water, gas, or another substance through tubes from one place to another.

• They pipe water to the village.
• Gas was piped into every house.
• Can we pipe the oil directly to the factory?

Cómo se usa: pipe something to somewhere (They pipe fresh water to nearby farms.); pipe something into something (The system pipes warm air into each room.)

Expresiones frecuentes: pipe water, pipe gas, pipe something into

decorar con manga

Exprimir glaseado por una pequeña abertura para hacer formas o adornos sobre la comida.

En inglés sencillo: To squeeze icing through a small opening to make shapes or decorations on food.

• Pipe cream onto the cake.
• She piped small flowers around the edge.
• Can you pipe a name on each cupcake?

Cómo se usa: pipe something onto something (Pipe the icing onto the biscuits.)

Expresiones frecuentes: pipe icing, pipe flowers, pipe onto something

redirigir

Enviar directamente a otro programa la información que produce un programa informático.

En inglés sencillo: To send information produced by one computer program directly to another program.

• Pipe the output into another program.
• She piped the results through a filter.
• This command pipes the text to a sorting tool.

Cómo se usa: pipe something into something (Pipe the results into the next command.); pipe something through something (We piped the output through a filter.)

Expresiones frecuentes: pipe the output, pipe something into