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CHIMNEYPOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chimneypot mean? 

CHIMNEYPOT (noun)
  The noun CHIMNEYPOT has 1 sense:

1. a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draftplay

  Familiarity information: CHIMNEYPOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHIMNEYPOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chimneypot" is a kind of...):

pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)


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