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chimney stack

noun

Definition of chimney stack

as in chimney

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Recent Examples of chimney stack As logs burn down, their embers are moved from the central chimney stack to a structure of flattops and grates. — Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 23 July 2026 Two enormous chimney stacks, about 5050 feet tall, in the Liddell coal power plant came crashing down last month. — Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 9 June 2026 The starter home of William and Middleton features white stone walls and a slate roof with a trio of chimney stacks. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 2 Feb. 2026 Walls that catch a lot of rain, chimney stacks, and windows are all common entry points for water. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 27 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Throughout the day, many members dropped by the church where only debris and the chimney were left, Strickland said.

— Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
Always use window screens and chimney caps, and install draft-guards beneath attic doors.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of chimney

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

Hundreds of acres of land owned by the Port were rezoned for industrial use, hooked up to new water and waste pipes, and powered by substations installed near the Port after Neal lobbied the local utilities.

— Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.

— Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023

Definition of waste pipe

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

Bronchial asthma, or simply asthma, is, according to the Cleveland Clinic, a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that causes the breathing tubes in the lungs to swell, narrow, and produce extra mucus.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2026
But the first third, yes, there are a lot of cathode ray tube TV screens.

— Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of tube

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

Definition of duct

Noun

The organization is helping provide fliers the family can use to canvas the area and will serve as a conduit with law enforcement while determining what other assistance the family needs.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
That included the East-West Pipeline, the main conduit Saudi Arabia has used to circumvent Iranian and American closures of the Strait of Hormuz.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of conduit

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