Meanings
nounpipe cleaner (plural pipe cleaners)
plural pipe cleaners
- A piece of flexible wire in which tufted fabric is twisted and which is used to clean out the stem of a tobacco pipe or other narrow tube. It can be also used for arts and crafts.
Translations
Danish piberenser
- piberenserwire which is used to clean small crevices
Dutch pijpewisser, pijpenrager
- pijpewisserwire which is used to clean small crevices
- pijpenragerwire which is used to clean small crevices
Finnish rassi, piippurassi
- rassiwire which is used to clean small crevices
- piippurassiwire which is used to clean small crevices
- piipunpuhdistajawire which is used to clean small crevices
French nettoie-pipe, chenillette
- nettoie-pipewire which is used to clean small crevices
- chenillettewire which is used to clean small crevices
- cure-pipewire which is used to clean small crevices
German Pfeifenreiniger
- Pfeifenreinigerwire which is used to clean small crevices
Hungarian pipaszurkáló
- pipaszurkálówire which is used to clean small crevices
Italian curapipe
- curapipewire which is used to clean small crevices
Norwegian Bokmål piperenser
- piperenserwire which is used to clean small crevices
Swedish piprensare
- piprensarewire which is used to clean small crevices
Turkish pipo temizleme fırçası
- pipo temizleme fırçasıwire which is used to clean small crevices
Cite this entry
APA
pipe cleaner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipe%20cleaner
MLA
“pipe cleaner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipe%20cleaner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pipe cleaner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipe%20cleaner.
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