Usually means: Unrealistic hope or fantasy, impractical.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word pipe dream:

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  1. pipe dream: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pipe dream: Merriam-Webster
  3. pipe dream: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pipe dream: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pipe dream: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pipe dream: Vocabulary.com
  7. pipe dream: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pipe dream: Wiktionary
  9. pipe dream: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. pipe dream: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. pipe-dream, pipe dream: Dictionary.com
  12. Pipe Dream (John Williamson album), Pipe Dream (film), Pipe Dream (musical), Pipe Dream (video game), Pipe dream: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. pipe dream: Rhymezone
  14. pipe dream: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. pipe dream: FreeDictionary.org
  16. pipe dream: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Pipe Dream: The Word Detective
  18. pipe dream: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. Pipe dream: Phrase Finder
  20. pipe-dream: Wordnik

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pipe dream: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pipe dream: Idioms

(Note: See pipe_dreaming as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pipe dream)

noun:  (idiomatic, originally US) A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility.

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