1. a musical instrument consisting of a series of short vertical pipes of different lengths bound together, played by blowing across the open tops

Examples

• The street musician played a haunting melody on his panpipe.
• She learned to play the panpipe during her music class.
• The sound of the panpipe echoed through the mountain valley.
• Ancient Greek shepherds often carried panpipes while tending their flocks.
• The folk band featured a panpipe in their traditional songs.
• He crafted his own panpipe from bamboo tubes of varying lengths.