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hornpipe
hornpipe is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
- 2noun
A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.
- 3noun
a British solo dance performed by sailors
- 4noun
an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
- 5noun
music for dancing the hornpipe
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