organ pipe

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
Organ pipes of Weissenau Abbey

Etymology

[edit]

From organ +‎ pipe.

Noun

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

organ pipe (plural organ pipes)

  1. A tuned metal or wooden tube connected mechanically or electrically to an organ console.
    • 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, [], →OCLC, page 24:
      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.
  2. An organ pipe cactus.

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]