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View synonyms for stovepipe

stovepipe

[ stohv-pahyp ]

noun

  1. a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove stave chimney or to connect a stove stave with a chimney flue.


stovepipe

/ ˈstəʊvˌpaɪp /

noun

  1. a pipe that serves as a flue to a stove
  2. Also calledstovepipe hat a man's tall silk hat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stovepipe1

First recorded in 1690–1700; stove 1 + pipe 1
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Example Sentences

It wafted the smoke from Bland's stovepipe gently down on the river's shining face.

Smoke was curling upward from the stovepipe which protruded above the roof.

It appeared to consist of a piece of ordinary stovepipe about twelve inches long.

Lawyer Whittle was fined two pecks of apples and cigars for wearing a stovepipe hat and so the fun went on, day after day.

A cooking-stove inside answers for heating apparatus and the stovepipe protrudes above the roof.

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