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

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.
3. noun. a British solo dance performed by sailors
4. noun. an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone

   Synonyms: pibgorn, stockhorn

5. noun. music for dancing the hornpipe

Synonyms

pibgorn, stockhorn

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hornpipe:

porphine

Common word forms

hornpipes

Words from these letters

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