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TAILPIPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tailpipe mean? 

TAILPIPE (noun)
  The noun TAILPIPE has 1 sense:

1. a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a carplay

  Familiarity information: TAILPIPE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAILPIPE (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)


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