Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
pipe (1)
pipe (2)
pipe band
pipe bomb
pipe clay
pipe cleaner
pipe down
Pipe Dragon
pipe dream
pipe major
pipe of peace
pipe organ
pipe snake
pipe up
pipe wrench
piped music
pipefish
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

pipe dream
pipe dream (plural pipe dreams)


noun 
Definition:
 
unrealistic notion: a goal, hope, or plan so fanciful that it is very unlikely to be realized
[< the dreams caused by smoking opium]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft