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chimney

noun as in smokestack for building

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Add a chimney starter and a grill cover to ensure they’re set up for success.

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You can put a chimney draught excluder inside any unused fireplaces, or make your own by filling a black bag with scrunched up paper.

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A fire burned in the chimney to heat the water, using pinecones as fuel, as they were easily gathered and burned more slowly than coal.

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The sky was streaked with spiraling ribbons of smoke that rose from farmhouse chimneys and disappeared into the orange blaze of the sunset.

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The midday post had brought an advertisement promoting the skills of a local chimney sweep.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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