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chimney stack

chimney stack noun: a vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.

Noun

chimney stack (plural chimney stacks)

  1. A vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.
    • The smoke-pall of industrial Lancashire hung over the landscape; perhaps slagscape would be a more fitting term. The general prospect was a succession of chimney-stacks, factories, pit-heads, slagheaps, junctions, sidings and coal wagons.1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 11

chimney stack meaning in Tamil

chimney stack in Tamil

புகைப்போக்கித்திரள்

Forms of chimney stack

pluralchimney stacks
alternative formchimneystack

Questions about chimney stack

What does chimney stack mean?
Chimney stack means a vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.
What is chimney stack in Tamil?
Chimney stack in Tamil is புகைப்போக்கித்திரள். See Chimney stack meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chimney stack?
Chimney stack is a noun.
What is the plural of chimney stack?
The plural of chimney stack is chimney stacks.

Words near chimney stack in the dictionary

  1. chimney piece
  2. chimney pieces
  3. chimney pot
  4. chimney pots
  5. Chimney Rock
  6. chimney stack
  7. chimney stacks
  8. chimney stalk
  9. chimney stalks
  10. chimney swallow
  11. chimney swallows

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