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stovepipe

[ UK /stˈə‍ʊvpa‍ɪp/ ]
NOUN
  1. chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue
  2. a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur

How To Use stovepipe In A Sentence

  • And then you get to something a little bit bigger than that, then you get this stovepipe, which is straight up and down onto the ground, a very dangerous, probably 130, 140-mile-per-hour tornado. CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2008
  • Equip chimneys and stovepipes with a spark arrester meeting National Fire Protection Association Code 211 (contact your local fire department for exact specifications).
  • In short, Miller was the "stovepipe" (a Sy Hersh phrase for unvetted intelligence) for disinformation from the Administration and Ahmed Chalabi about Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction on to the front page of the Times in the run-up to the Iraq invasion, and just afterwards. William E. Jackson Jr.: The Satrapy at West 43rd: One Armchair Critic's Disillusionment On The Eve of Full Disclosure
  • And since the collection systems and analysts all remained static, the stovepipes could remain unchanged for decades.
  • The smaller ships were called 'stovepipes' I think, and they were battleship guns with life support built around them. Something to do with a nuke
  • These new "stovepipes" have been added to the population and maternal/child health "stovepipes" from earlier years. Carol Peasley: A New Strategic Consensus on Foreign Assistance Must Begin with Global Health
  • Most likely an adaptation of the fashionable stovepipe hats of the day, these early hats were usually made by saddlers and leather workers.
  • Wiltshire sits in her dining room by a painting of a crone in Welsh costume with black stovepipe hat.
  • In the process, most dollars are left flowing through traditional transportation "stovepipes" that are tilted heavily to roads over transit, traffic "throughput" over community livability. Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
  • One retired Army officer describes the first stage of the war as having been conducted "stovepipe" fashion, with separate chains of command for each service. Behavior Modification
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