I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
piping hot (= used about food that is nice and hot )
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Serve the soup piping hot.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
lead
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The best thing to do with lead piping is to rip it all out and replace it with copper or plastic.
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Some detail about old lead piping .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It can also be used to cut frozen food, formica, perspex and plastic piping .
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Note gold piping , and cuff button arrangement.
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On the exhaust side, stainless steel piping was run to a large lorry exhaust on one mudguard.
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Pin, tack and stitch along the remaining three sides, including frill or piping , if using.
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The best thing to do with lead piping is to rip it all out and replace it with copper or plastic.
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Wearing breathing apparatus they were a few feet into the building when overhead piping collapsed, trapping them.
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Yellow is the official colour of the United States Cavalry, used in the piping of uniforms and on regimental standards.
II. adverb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An individual pie, topped with vanilla ice cream, is served piping hot to your table.
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It's piping brown neutrality made me sick as a boy and it makes me sick still.
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The chefs prepare your selections as you order them so they're served piping hot.