stovepipe
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈstoʊvˌpaɪp/
:
tubo de estufa
- To install the new heating system, we connected the stovepipe to the existing flue.
- black stovepipe
Examples
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Tighten the sheet metal screws to hold the end cap and stovepipe together.
Blog text (4) -
The stovepipe carries smoke from the fireplace up to the chimney.
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Stovepipe: One section of 6" diameter by 24" long stovepipe.
Blog text (4) -
Hook the stovepipe together and fit it snugly inside the end cap.
Blog text (4) -
This gave the stovepipe good support and the desired wobble at the same time.
Blog text (4) -
A black stovepipe jutted out of the shiny tin roof.
Fiction book (2002) -
(You can barely see the stovepipe sticking out just behind the carport next to the house.)
Blog text (18) -
It was a flat barge with a small wheelhouse and a black stovepipe rising above it.
Fiction book (1997) -
During winter, the stovepipe helps direct the heat from the wood stove into the room.
Synonyms
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7.2
A passage that carries smoke and gas from a fireplace to the outside
Idioms
- Jargon
A plan or idea that cannot move forward because a strict office process delays decisions
Compounds
- Archaic
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9.6
A tall hat with straight sides that people wear with formal clothes in the 1800s
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stovepipe is literally the words stove and pipe put together; it names the metal pipe that carries smoke from a stove up to the chimney, so the word describes exactly what it does.