Pipe Dream Definition
noun
A fantastic idea, vain hope or plan, etc.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Pipe Dream
Noun
Singular:
pipe dream
Plural:
pipe-dreamsOrigin of Pipe Dream
From the fantasies induced by smoking a pipe of opium
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the fantasies experienced when smoking an opium pipe.
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