pitch pipe

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   a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing

   Broaderpipe

Questions about pitch pipe

What does pitch pipe mean?

pitch pipe means "a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing".

Is pitch pipe a common word?

pitch pipe 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.