- stack of chimney
- souche f , souche de cheminée f
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction – materials & technologies, 2nd edition, la Maison du dictionnaire. 2007.
stack of chimney
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chimney stack — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms chimney stack : singular chimney stack plural chimney stacks 1) a very tall chimney on a factory or other large building 2) a square part of a house that passes through the roof and contains two or more… … English dictionary
chimney stack — chimney stacks also chimney stack N COUNT A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building. [BRIT] … English dictionary
Chimney felling — is the practice of demolishing or felling a chimney stack. The practice is considered by some to be a dying art. Modern health and safety rules now largely prohibit the practice in industrialized areas; the current technique is to pack explosives … Wikipedia
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chimney — [n] smokestack for building chase, chimney pot, chimney stack, fireplace, flue, funnel, furnace, hearth, pipe, smokeshaft, stack, vent, ventilator; concept 440 … New thesaurus
chimney stack — n BrE 1.) the tall chimney of a building such as a factory American Equivalent: smokestack 2.) a group of small chimneys on a roof … Dictionary of contemporary English
chimney stack — ► NOUN ▪ the part of a chimney that projects above a roof … English terms dictionary
stack — [stak] n. [ME stac < ON stakkr, akin to MLowG stack, barrier of slanting stakes: for IE base see STICK] 1. a large pile of straw, hay, etc., esp. one neatly arranged, as in a conical form, for outdoor storage 2. any somewhat orderly pile or… … English World dictionary
stack — ► NOUN 1) a neat pile of objects. 2) a rectangular or cylindrical pile of hay, straw, etc. 3) informal a large quantity. 4) a chimney or vertical exhaust pipe. 5) (also sea stack) Brit. a column of rock standing in the sea. 6) a number of… … English terms dictionary
