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Stovepipe

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Noun

1. stovepipe

chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue

2. beaver, dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper

a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stovepipe

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noun
1. 
a pipe that serves as a flue to a stove
2. Also called: stovepipe hat
a man's tall silk hat

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Stovepipe

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noun
1. 
a metal pipe used to carry off smoke or fumes from a stove, as into a chimney flue
2.  US
a man's tall silk hat
: in full stovepipe hat

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Stovepipe

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n.
1. A pipe, usually of thin sheet metal, used to conduct smoke or fumes from a stove into a chimney flue.
2. A very tall hat with a flat crown and narrow brim, traditionally made of silk.
3. Informal A pathway for transmitting information higher in a hierarchy while bypassing intervening levels that remain uninformed about this information.
tr.v. stove·piped, stove·pip·ing, stove·pipes
Informal
To transmit (information) up in a hierarchy by means of a stovepipe.

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