stovepipes

noun

plural of stovepipe
1
as in drainpipes

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as in hoods

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stovepipes
  1. drainpipes
  2. hoods
  3. smokestacks
  4. berets
  5. hydrants
  6. helmets
  7. tiles
  8. hats
Noun
  • His favorite example is capturing condensation from air conditioners, typically by placing a bucket under outdoor drainpipes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Wet coffee grounds can easily clog your drainpipes, leading to costly repairs.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of drainpipes
Noun
  • In that incident, teens dressed head-to-toe in black — some wearing hoods and masks — were seen throwing punches and hurling chairs as innocent bystanders sought safety.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
  • Water rose over the hoods of vehicles parked near the river at the Comfort RV Resort.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026
Definition of hoods
Noun
  • 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
  • If that process were adapted to store CO2 in the earth forever, then billions of tons of carbon emissions could, in theory, be captured from smokestacks and buried.
    — Maddie Stone, ProPublica, 25 June 2026
Definition of smokestacks
Noun
  • Just with fewer berets, more robots and a much larger existential crisis hiding beneath the branding.
    — Edward Morris, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Many French fans sported blue jerseys and commemorative berets featuring the 2026 World Cup trophy.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Definition of berets
Noun
  • People pull out the barbecue, open fire hydrants, throw block parties.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 9 July 2026
  • The map also overlays the location of water hydrants, the moisture content of vegetation, wildfire history, red flag warnings of dangerous fire conditions and other data.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of hydrants
Noun
  • The first day used to be so chaotic and humorous in the old days, with players not knowing how to put on helmets let alone figure out shoulder pads and struggling in line drills.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
  • Both riders, who were not wearing helmets, were thrown off their motorcycles, police shared.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Definition of helmets
Noun
  • The tiles form pentagonal arrangements, yet pentagons can’t fit snugly side by side to tile the plane.
    — Patchen Barss, Wired News, 5 Oct. 2025
  • With no 6 pips dominoes, my best guess was this would need four 5 pip tiles and one 4 pip tile to complete.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of tiles
Noun
  • If more teams find themselves in the market for defenders who can wear multiple hats at multiple levels, the 2027 (and possibly 2028) NFL Draft class probably won’t disappoint.
    — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, other members of the family opted for military uniforms, suits or midi-length dresses paired with hats or headbands.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Definition of hats
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