pipe cleaner

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   cleaning implement consisting of a flexible tufted wire that is used to clean a pipe stem

   Broadercleaning implement

Questions about pipe cleaner

What does pipe cleaner mean?

pipe cleaner means "cleaning implement consisting of a flexible tufted wire that is used to clean a pipe stem".

Is pipe cleaner a common word?

pipe cleaner is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.