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stove·pipe

 (stōv′pīp′)
n.
1. A pipe, usually of thin sheet metal, used to conduct smoke or fumes from a stove into a chimney flue.
2. A very tall hat with a flat crown and narrow brim, traditionally made of silk.
3. Informal A pathway for transmitting information higher in a hierarchy while bypassing intervening levels that remain uninformed about this information.
tr.v. stove·piped, stove·pip·ing, stove·pipes Informal
To transmit (information) up in a hierarchy by means of a stovepipe.
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stovepipe

(ˈstəʊvˌpaɪp)
n
1. (Mechanical Engineering) a pipe that serves as a flue to a stove
2. (Clothing & Fashion) Also called: stovepipe hat a man's tall silk hat
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stove•pipe

(ˈstoʊvˌpaɪp)

n.
1. a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a chimney flue.
2. a tall silk hat.
[1690–1700]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.stovepipe - chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a fluestovepipe - chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue
chimney - a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
2.stovepipe - a man's hat with a tall crownstovepipe - a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
chapeau, hat, lid - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
man's clothing - clothing that is designed for men to wear
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Translations

stovepipe

[ˈstəʊvpaɪp]
A. Ntubo m de estufa
B. CPD stovepipe hat Nchistera f
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References in classic literature ?
There was a stovepipe running through the stem, and six steps had been built leading up to the front door.
Blue puffs of smoke came from the stovepipe that stuck out through the grass and snow, but the wind whisked them roughly away.
Forward lay the windlass and its tackle, with the chain and hemp cables, all very unpleasant to trip over; the fo'c'sle stovepipe, and the gurry-butts by the fo'c'sle-hatch to hold the fish-livers.
The hours struck clear in the cabin; the nosing bows slapped and scuffled with the seas; the fo'c'sle stovepipe hissed and sputtered as the spray caught it; and the boys slept on, while Disko, Long Jack, Tom Plait, and Uncle Salters, each in turn, stumped aft to look at the wheel, forward to see that the anchor held, or to veer out a little more cable against chafing, with a glance at the dim anchor-light between each round.
One long, lanky man, with long hair and a big white fur stovepipe hat on the back of his head, and a crooked-handled cane, marked out the places on the ground where Boggs stood and where Sherburn stood, and the people following him around from one place to t'other and watching everything he done, and bob- bing their heads to show they understood, and stoop- ing a little and resting their hands on their thighs to watch him mark the places on the ground with his cane; and then he stood up straight and stiff where Sherburn had stood, frowning and having his hat-brim down over his eyes, and sung out, "Boggs!" and then fetched his cane down slow to a level, and says "Bang!" staggered backwards, says "Bang!" again, and fell down flat on his back.
Porthos and Aramis resumed their places by the stovepipe.
There was a door, and several windows, and through the top was stuck a stovepipe that led from a small stove inside.
"Oh, it's a great life," the doctor proclaimed enthusiastically, pausing from sharpening his knife on the stovepipe. "What I like about it is the struggle, the endeavor with one's own hands, the primitiveness of it, the realness."
Smoke was rising for'ard from its stovepipe. On its stern, in gold letters, they read Roamer.
"It's not like Lincoln's stovepipe hat that you can put on a shelf and say this was Lincoln's," he (https://jg-tc.com/news/local/it-s-hard-to-value-lincoln-land-coles-county-farm/article_9d5f35ef-c190-5ccc-bd98-b0d0c5f469dc.html) told the Mattoon Journal-Gazette and Charleston Times-Courier, comparing the land to an important couture-related part of Lincoln iconography.
Revolucion de Cuba, Albert Dock, tonight, Spymonkey's A list ings start here Christmas Carol Put on your best Victorian bib-and-tucker and hold on to your stovepipe hat as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future whisk us on a brilliantly funny flight of theatrical fancy.
The 1940 battles made it clear that the day of the anti-tank rifle was ending due to the increasing thickness of tank armor, leading to the development of anti-tank rocket launchers utilizing shaped-charge ammunition, such as the man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launchers (called a "Bazooka" or "Stovepipe" by U.S.