chimney stack

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Recent Examples of chimney stack Hedwig, blinkered by the bounty of her domestic environs, seemingly ignores the infernal light and smoke from nearby chimney stacks, and otherwise blocks out the machinery of mass death: the barking of guard dogs, the rumbling of crematoria, the crack of pistols, the screams of prisoners. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimney stack
Noun
  • Cover your chimney and stove pipe outlets with a non-flammable screen.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Even if the garage door is open, don't start a vehicle if the garage is attached to a home. Furnace and fireplaces: Keep fireplaces clean and in good condition, make sure no debris is blocking the vents or chimney.
    Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Groton Emergency Dispatch Center received a 911 call around 1:43 a.m. from resident of a townhouse on Driftwood Circle reporting a fire in the furnace and flue exhaust area of the residence, according to Capt. Gregory J. McCarthy of the Groton Police Department.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025
  • This debris can block the flue and pose a fire risk.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • With mitigation, the goal is to cut pollution, whether from a smokestack or a tailpipe.
    Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025
  • And these years in Philadelphia proved troubled ones: As the city’s industrial life was hollowed out, Lynch became obsessed with its factory smokestacks and pervasive smog.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • Two men assembled a dredge from a PVC pipe and a household grease trap.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Continuous megawatt power millimeter-waves can also be efficiently (>90 percent) guided to great distances (>10 km) using a variety of modes and waveguide (pipes) systems, including the potential of using smooth bore coiled and jointed/ joined tubing.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Check this out 🇬🇧 Tunnel vision: A mile-long series of secret World War II tunnels under a tube station in London will be turned into a major tourist attraction.
    Daniel Wine, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Several side trails branch off along the way, leading to lava tubes, cinder cones and lava caves (only open during summer).
    Emese Maczko, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Nigh’s two cellmates are alleged to have helped him into a ceiling chase, which is a space above a ceiling that often houses ducts, and covering for him.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
  • There are more cooling inlets, vents, and ducts, plus a new front diffuser that reduces lift at the front axle at speed.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • For emerging sports like padel, celebrities can be a critical conduit for reaching both new participants and new viewers.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2025
  • When Shams Charania, the ESPN reporter who is the usual conduit for this sort of news, first posted the deal on X, the general assumption was that he’d been hacked.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2025

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“Chimney stack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimney%20stack. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.

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