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noun
An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hookah, hubbly bubbly, narghile
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: maassel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: mirrorwork
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hookah, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, chicha, calean, kalian, water pipe, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pipe, tobacco pipe
History
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish شیشه şişe, from Classical Persian شیشه (šīša, “glass, mirror”).
