stovepipes

noun

plural of stovepipe
1
as in drainpipes

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as in hoods

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stovepipes
  1. drainpipes
  2. hoods
  3. smokestacks
  4. berets
  5. hydrants
  6. helmets
  7. tiles
  8. hats
Noun
  • Others are refurbished remnants of the 20th century, with retention pools sporting planters that are actually slices of concrete drainpipes.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Kearns family pushes for change In the wake of the teen's death, the Kearns family pushed for Mason's Law, mandating the marking, guarding and grading of drainpipes in the state.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of drainpipes
Noun
  • Police fired tear gas and water cannons to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks, paving stones and other objects at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city center.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • In the southern port city of Marseille, some protesters briefly forced their way into the lobby of City Hall and a group of people wearing hoods and masks damaged a police station.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of hoods
Noun
  • The painting is one of dozens Monet made painted during trips to London, showing a foggy view of a bridge across the River Thames in London, with smokestacks in the background.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • On muddy gravel between the smokestacks and the water, a forklift held what looked like an enormous sack of sand.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of smokestacks
Noun
  • Just with fewer berets, more robots and a much larger existential crisis hiding beneath the branding.
    — Edward Morris, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The Her Alibi star shared a sweet photo of the pair kissing — while wearing matching berets, red neck scarves and striped shirts — in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Definition of berets
Noun
  • Some hydrants were jammed up by freezing temperatures; the blaze was contained in part because of a fireboat that Collins had funded.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The loss of pressure in hydrants has happened before in wildfires, including the 2008 Freeway Complex fire, the 2017 Tubbs and Thomas fires, the 2018 Woolsey fire and the 2024 Mountain fire.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of hydrants
Noun
  • Scientists dream of making spider silk into high-performing materials for seat belts, helmets, naval materials, and even scaffolds to help repair brain cells.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Riddell, likewise, has faced a number of high-profile lawsuits, primarily involving allegations that its football helmets failed to adequately protect athletes from head injuries.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of helmets
Noun
  • The tiles form pentagonal arrangements, yet pentagons can’t fit snugly side by side to tile the plane.
    — Patchen Barss, Wired News, 5 Oct. 2025
  • With no 6 pips dominoes, my best guess was this would need four 5 pip tiles and one 4 pip tile to complete.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of tiles
Noun
  • Percussion is at the forefront of the mix, with microscopic pinpricks in lieu of hi-hats and lots of keylike metallic jangling run through sheets of echo.
    — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The hats ensured that everyone at a Hollywood event knew when Hedda Hopper had arrived.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of hats
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