stovepipe

C2 Topic:Materials & Substances

Also spelled stove-pipe

US /ˈstoʊvˌpaɪp/ UK /ˈstəʊvpaɪp/ See IPA manual

Freq #69729

Meanings

1

noun
a metal pipe that carries smoke and gases from a stove to a chimney or flue

Smoke leaked from a loose joint in the stovepipe.
2

noun
a tall cylindrical top hat resembling a stove's chimney pipe

A lanky man in a white fur stovepipe hat marked the ground with his cane.
3

adj
tall, narrow, and cylindrical like a stovepipe

The vessel had a stovepipe funnel rising above its deck.
4

noun
an isolated channel that prevents information from being shared across groups or systems

The reorganization replaced each departmental stovepipe with a shared database.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a metal pipe that carries... flue pipe

2 noun · a tall cylindrical top hat... top hatchimney-pot hat

3 adj · tall, narrow, and... cylindrical

4 noun · an isolated channel that... silo

Word family

Derived forms stovepipedstovepiping

Related forms chimneyfluesilo

Etymology

A compound of stove + pipe. The literal chimney pipe inspired names for similarly tall cylindrical objects, including the stovepipe hat, and later the metaphor of an organizational channel isolated from neighboring systems.

Topics

Materials & Substances

External links

# stovepipe

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈstoʊvˌpaɪp/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈstəʊvpaɪp/
**Frequency rank:** 69729

## Meanings
1. a metal pipe that carries smoke and gases from a stove to a chimney or flue
2. a tall cylindrical top hat resembling a stove's chimney pipe
3. tall, narrow, and cylindrical like a stovepipe
4. an isolated channel that prevents information from being shared across groups or systems

## Examples
- Smoke leaked from a loose joint in the stovepipe.
- A lanky man in a white fur stovepipe hat marked the ground with his cane.
- The vessel had a stovepipe funnel rising above its deck.
- The reorganization replaced each departmental stovepipe with a shared database.

## Synonyms
- flue pipe
- top hat
- silo

## Derived Forms
- stovepiped
- stovepiping

## Related Forms
- chimney
- flue
- silo

## Etymology
A compound of stove + pipe. The literal chimney pipe inspired names for similarly tall cylindrical objects, including the stovepipe hat, and later the metaphor of an organizational channel isolated from neighboring systems.

## Topics
- Materials & Substances

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