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Chimney

A fireplace or hearth.

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Broader term 1

Flue 76% connected

An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage

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Narrower term 3

Smokestack 76% connected

A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.

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Stack 76% connected

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a poi…

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Stovepipe 76% connected

Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, -- used to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue.

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Component part 3

Damper 70% connected

That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draug…

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Fireplace 70% connected

The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.

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Hearth 70% connected

The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stov…

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