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TAILPIPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tailpipe" is a kind of...):
pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)
Holonyms ("tailpipe" is a part of...):
exhaust; exhaust system (system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged)