chimney pot

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nounChiefly British.

an earthenware or metal pipe or deflector, often cylindrical, fitted on the top of a chimney to increase draft and reduce or disperse smoke.

Origin of chimney pot

First recorded in 1820–30

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How to use chimney pot in a sentence

But one day when we put our hands on Dr. Scott's chimneypot to make it turn, that was too much for her.
My Reminiscences | Rabindranath Tagore
The German went out to pick up the battered chimneypot which had fallen before the door.
The Story of an African Farm | (AKA Ralph Iron) Olive Schreiner
Dorking was a dapper little man, almost dissociable from gloves and a chimneypot.
The King of Schnorrers | Israel Zangwill

British Dictionary definitions for chimneypot

chimneypot

/ (ˈtʃɪmnɪˌpɒt) /

noun

a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards

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