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Answer for the clue "A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas ", 8 letters:
hosepipe

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas [syn: hose ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context UK South Africa Southern US English) A flexible pipe for carrying water or other liquids; a garden hose.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
hosepipe \hosepipe\ n. A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas. Syn: hose.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A hosepipe was attached to the exhaust pipe leading into the interior of the van and the engine was still running. ▪ But all hosepipe users will now have to cough up £33 a year. ▪ If you paid a hosepipe fee in the past this has ...

Usage examples of hosepipe.

In a space suit the Vrenkas looked like a crystal ball sprouting hosepipes, all the hosepipes seemed to hold weapons and the damn thing always charged.

Lack of rain has turned the lawn to the colour of straw: the ban on using hosepipes prevents him from doing much about it.

His work involved the hosepipe, the drains and the gas system, and that night when he slipped down the manhole entrance to the sewer in his wet suit with a large lump of putty in one hand and his torch in the other there was murder in Lockhart's heart.

The adjutant was directing the five personnel who hauled a 10-cm hosepipe to a spring-fed stream to replenish the water tank.