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chimney

noun

Definition of chimney

as in flue

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Recent Examples of chimney Katie Mattic's dream and the crack in the chimney, her daughters say, foreshadowed the fracture that was to come. — Nicole Avery Nichols, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026 An 80-meter (262-foot) high chimney collapsed, killing nine factory employees. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 One of the most common ways a bird gets inside the home is through an open chimney. — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 1 Sep. 2026 The chimney also acts as a counterpoint to the otherwise low-slung profile. — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chimney

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Noun

Wind travels through the opening, drawing air through the flue and smoke up the chimney.

— Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026
From cleaning out our gutters and power washing your deck to prepping your cabinets for flue season and switching out your bedding, here's what should be on your home checklist as summer comes to an end.

— Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of flue

Noun

And yet the borders tell a grittier story, with smokestacks and warehouses and, just 2 miles away, refinery flames and black smoke spewing from the Suncor Energy complex.

— John Wenzel, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026
At night, lights shine on the wreck, and flames will shoot from the smokestacks.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of smokestack

Noun

According to the arrest affidavit police obtained a search warrant and found a glass jar, aluminum powder, black iron oxide and a pipe that was empty at the time.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Today, tank farms line both sides of the coastal highway near the port, and a network of pipes moves products among terminals and to ships.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pipe

Noun

The company has not provided temperature measurements, power consumption figures or details about the cooling ducts.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
In 2022, large amounts of asbestos were found in the air ducts of the museum’s Van der Steur and Bodon buildings, as well as behind the wood paneling in the Van der Steur building.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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