Word: blastpipes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: blast
pipes
Definition: Plural of blastpipe. Part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the fire.
Morphemes:
Affix: blast
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
Affix: pipe
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pipe
Language: fro
Decoded: pipe
Meaning: liquid measure
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.