pipe bowl

Where tobacco burns

The pipe bowl is the rounded chamber of a smoking pipe where tobacco is packed and burned.

It sits at the end of the stem and is typically made of briar, meerschaum, or clay.

The size and shape of the bowl affect how the tobacco burns and how hot the pipe gets: He tamped the tobacco into the pipe bowl with his thumb.

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briar · meerschaum · corn cob · chamber · ember · ash · tamper · cherry · aromatic · puff · carved · wood · draft · char · pack · rim · cake · cleaner

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pipe component structure

pipe bowlpipe stem

Tube joining bowl

stem · mouthpiece · bit · shank · tenon

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G