Meanings
nounpanpipe (plural panpipes)
plural panpipes
- A set of panpipes.
No matter that the trombone would seem to be an instrument particularly ill-suited to the purpose; in Mangelsdorff's hands, it might as well be anything from a panpipe to a cello.
1988 May 27, Neil Tesser, “Albert Mangelsdorff”, in Chicago Reader
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
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pandean pipesyrinx
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Origin
From Pan (“Greek god of nature”) + pipe.
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APA
panpipe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panpipe
MLA
“panpipe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panpipe. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “panpipe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panpipe.
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