chimney

noun

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as in flue

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Recent Examples of chimney The only thing better than a cozy fireplace is one that doesn’t need, soot, wood, or chimney cleaning. — Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2026 Using rope, homemade traps, and their chimney, Jason successfully lures a small squirrel with bits of Cassidy’s meat. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026 The Delgado family initially struggle to adjust to their new life in captivity and eventually figure out how to grow vegetables inside and trap animals through a crack in the chimney. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026 In the Yatsushiro area, where a chimney collapsed at a Nippon Paper Industries factory, 10 people were rescued, but eight others died, and one remained missing, the Kumamoto prefectural disaster team said. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chimney
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimney
  1. flue
  2. smokestack
  3. pipe
  4. duct
Noun
  • Ray is also an alcoholic, hiding bottles in a toilet tank, an attic, a fireplace flue, even filling a soda bottle with booze for his workout.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
  • Chinese media described the process as a closed system in which flue gas enters one end of the pipeline and fertiliser emerges from the other.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
Definition of flue
Noun
  • There is also a record that staff there was improperly emitting particles through their smokestack.
    — Dave Savini, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Despite the installation of a smoke filtration system, preliminary testing found that emissions from its boiler smokestacks exceeded Cambodia’s legal limits.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Definition of smokestack
Noun
  • Traditional marine reactors place steam generators and coolant pumps outside the main vessel, linking them with large pipes.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The drain pipe that sticks out of the wall also needs to be much higher than normal.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of pipe
Noun
  • Heavy grease and dust accumulation was on the makeup air return ducts and on ceiling tiles.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Which brings us to the nomination that will have the tear ducts full in the room.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of duct

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