(n.) That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.
(n.) A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.
(n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the banks of the Firth of Forth, the Longannet power station dominates the wintry horizon, a massive box in the shadow of its skyscraper chimney stack.
(2) The tea-shop owner’s home is just a couple of hundred metres from a huge, ageing coal-fired power plant in central Turkey , whose red-and-white chimneys spew dirty fumes.
(3) Air pollution was not the most immediate of problems but the canopy of smoke that belched from industrial and domestic chimneys began to attract attention.
(4) The Prestonpans factory was eclipsed by an even greater one – for a time it boasted the world’s highest chimney – that made bleach and sulphuric acid on the outskirts of Glasgow; and it was in Glasgow that some of the earliest cases of acid violence were recorded.
(5) The rapid acidification is caused by the massive amounts of carbon dioxide belched from chimneys and exhausts that dissolve in the ocean.
(6) In addition, the cleaning of furniture and carpets cost £571.05, new loft insulation cost £546.75, and two claims for a chimney sweep were £43 and £75 respectively.
(7) The refinery was working largely as usual, with steam pouring from vents on the complex of pipes, chimneys and girders which towers over the flatlands of the Humber estuary's south shore.
(8) The chimney-like features on the roofs are ventilators that help the houses to cool naturally.
(9) Up in the foothills of the Pyrenees, in a tiny village nestled amid breathtaking landscapes and eagles in flight, a man in a woolly hat pushes a wheelbarrow up a narrow street whistling to himself as the smell of woodsmoke drifts out of chimneys.
(10) This report documents survival of three consecutive patients treated by an adaptation of the Santulli "chimney" anastomosis.
(11) In about half the world's households, such fuels are used for cooking daily, usually without a flue or chimney and with poor ventilation.
(12) With chimney heights ranging from 12 to 36 mm and their inner diameters from 1 to 4 mm, greater than 70% of the resistance to evaporation is provided by the cover.
(13) The jury of nine men and three women at Maidstone crown court cleared the six, five of whom had scaled a 200m tall chimney at Kingsnorth power station at Hoo, Kent in October 2007.
(14) The refinery chimneys were spewing out 1.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the air per year till 2011.
(15) It is characteristic in persons who already have livido reticularis and who expose themselves for several hours every day to the heat from chimneys or foot-warmers.
(16) Black smoke rising from the chapel's chimney signifies an inconclusive vote (traditionally damp straw was added to make the smoke black but a chemical compound is now used instead); white smoke – and the pealing of the basilica's bell to avoid any confusion about the colour of the smoke – means that a new pope has been elected.
(17) Accessible only on foot, the Needles section of the Canyonlands national park has pink and creamy turrets, chimneys, gullies, mysterious canyons and weird formations.
(18) The main area for improvement was the refinery at Rho where it was aimed to disperse gases at a higher level by raising the chimneys and to use fuel gas in those burners which were connected to lower chimneys.
(19) The power station will become a big Westfield with a shopping centre inside.” But Tincknell says the height of the new buildings will be capped at 60 metres, which means the brick colossus’s four white chimneys will be visible from afar.
(20) If you have a fireplace you don't use, fit either a cap over your chimney pot (best done by a professional) or an inflatable chimney balloon.
Cowl
Definition:
(n.) A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.
(n.) A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc.
(n.) A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.
(n.) A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water.
Example Sentences:
(1) Surrey police have apologised to the Dowlers, and to Cowles, now 21, for missed opportunities early on in the police investigation which might have led to Bellfield being caught sooner.
(2) The judge also authorised Gately's partner Andrew Cowles or family to take the body home.
(3) Cowles argued the article was inaccurate because a postmortem had confirmed that Gately, who was holidaying in Majorca at the time of his death, had died from natural causes.
(4) It was reported that police wanted to speak to a 25-year-old Bulgarian man said to have met Gately and Cowles, at a bar and returned with them to their home before the singer's death.
(5) This insoluble alkaline phosphatase has been characterized and compared to the previously purified heat-solubilized enzyme (Hulett-Cowling, F.M.
(6) "Stephen and Andrew [Cowles, Gately's partner] had chosen to make Majorca their second home and we know that Stephen loved the times they spent together here.
(7) The second piece found on 30 March in Mauritius – eight days after the engine cowling – is “almost certainly” a panel segment from MH370’s main cabin.
(8) Carson Cowles, who identified himself as Roof’s uncle, told Reuters that Roof’s father had recently given him a .45-caliber handgun as a birthday present and that Roof had seemed adrift.
(9) Their chevron shapes are inset with cowls and scoops, giving them the air of a certain kind of painted, post-industrial abstract relief I haven't seen in years.
(10) A piece of engine cowling featuring a Rolls-Royce stencil, which was found in South Africa earlier this year , is “almost certainly” from the Boeing 777 that went missing more than two years ago with 239 people on board, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said on Thursday.
(11) Recommendations to minimize the number and severity of snowmobiling injuries in children include an education program for both adults and their children, use of lightweight cowling to protect the legs, incorporation of a governor on the throttle to prevent excessive speeds, and use of a restraint for children travelling as passengers on the snowmobile.
(12) The jury are still deliberating on a charge of the attempted abduction of another girl, Rachel Cowles, then 11, a day before Milly vanished.
(13) Suddenly a flickering, cowled figure enters the frame, stabbing each of the cops with what looks like a syringe.
(14) This led to the jury being discharged and the Cowles case left on file.
(15) It is not yet possible to assess the outcome or timing of the Brexit negotiations, but in certain circumstances we may need to create approximately 150 new roles located in the EU,” said Jim Cowles, who runs Citi’s operations in Europe , the Middle East and Africa, in an email to staff this week.
(16) In order to improve the working conditions of coalminers exposed to high ambient temperature, the authors have studied the effects of wearing an under-vest and a cowl covering the head and shoulders made in sponge-cloth and soaked with cold water (cooling clothes).
(17) Andrew Cowles, the civil partner of Stephen Gately , has today formally complained to the press watchdog about the controversial Daily Mail column by Jan Moir about the pop star's death.
(18) Malaysia said it would send a team to retrieve the possible piece of aircraft engine inlet cowling, which was found near Mossel Bay, a small town in Western Cape province on the southern coast.
(19) The judge said that there would be no retrial over Cowles and that an attempted abduction charge would lie on file.
(20) Moir said she honestly believed that Gately's death raised many unanswered questions that were a matter of public interest and defended her use of the word "sleazy" to describe the circumstances of his death, which occurred in Majorca after Gately and his civil partner Andrew Cowles went to a nightclub and brought back a Bulgarian man to their apartment.