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Definition: Stovepipe |
StovepipeNoun1. Chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue. 2. A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with beaver or silk. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stovepipe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Riveted-seam or spiral-welded-seam, thin-wall pipe used as a conductor,standpipe, or casing in a borehole. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: StovepipeSynonyms: beaver (n), dress hat (n), high hat (n), opera hat (n), silk hat (n), top hat (n), topper (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stovepipe |
| English words defined with "stovepipe": Smoke sail ♦ tank iron. (references) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The kitchen was empty of furniture, stove gone and the round stovepipe hole in the wall showing light. |
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| "Stovepipe" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Stovepipe" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "stovepipe": stovepipe hat ♦ stovepipe iron. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stovepipe | 12 |
stovepipe well | 10 |
stovepipe hat | 8 |
stovepipe well village | 5 |
adam s.a stovepipe | 4 |
boot stovepipe | 3 |
hat patriotic stovepipe | 2 |
ca stovepipe well | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stovepipe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tub sobe, qyngj (flue, pipe, tube, vent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кюнец (chimney, smokestack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | svejsning i tvangsstilling (stovepipe welding), stovepipe welding (stovepipe welding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | لوله بخاری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stovepipe welding (stovepipe welding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ofenrohr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υψηλό καπέλλο (top hat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kályhacső, csöves nadrág (tapered slacks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | piob chenntag, edd ard (opera hat, top hat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovepipestay tubo de chaminé, funil (filler, funnel), cano de chaminé (chimney, flue, lamp-chimney, tunnel, vent). (various references) дымоход (chimney, flue, funnel, tunnel). (various references) cilindar (cylinder, top hat), čunak (shuttle). (various references) tubo de estufa. (various references) kaminrör, hög hatt (plug, silk hat, top hat, topper). (various references) soba borusu, silindir şapka (chimney hat, high hat, plug, plug hat, silk hat, stovepipe hat, tall hat, tile, top hat, topper). (various references) димохід (chimney, chimney stack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stovepipe": stovepipes. (additional references) | |
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"Stovepipe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: stovepiped. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-o-p-p-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: epitopes. | |
-2 letters: epitope, poetise, potpies. | |
-3 letters: evites, pipets, pivots, popsie, potpie, potsie, sippet, sopite, soviet, steppe, topees, vetoes. | |
-4 letters: estop, evite, peeps, peise, pepos, pesto, pipes, pipet, piste, pivot, poets, poise, popes, posit, sieve, spite, steep, stipe, stope, stove, topee, topes, topis, veeps, votes. | |
-5 letters: epos, eves, opes, opts, peep, pees, pepo, peps, peso, pest. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-o-p-p-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: stovepipes. | |
+2 letters: prepositive, prospective. | |
+3 letters: overstepping, posteruptive. | |
+4 letters: postoperative, prepositively, prospectively. | |
+5 letters: supportiveness. | |
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