Word Type

Noun

The word "bagpipes" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

pain scotish musical instrument store scotland scottish band scottland

Derived Terms

bagpipe lung bagpiper

Derived From

bag pipes

Etymologically Related To

bagpipe

Type Of (IsA)

best from scotland in scotland musical instrument musical instruments scottish instrument scottish musical instrument traditional irish musical instrument

Parts (Meronyms)

bass drone chanter chanter reed chanter reed protector mouthpiece neck tenor drone

Receives Action

played by men in skirts

Related Terms

bota bag musette

Related Terms

aerophone bag bota bag double reed drone melody musette pipe wind instrument

Synonym Network

bagpipe

Used For

annoying neighbors funerals going to battle looking scottish mad neighbors making music music noise play play music playing music scottish tradition showing ones ethnicity walking around in kilts with powerful lungs

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.