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noun
Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A channel for information which is compartmentalized in such a manner that some parties who might be interested in its use or able to make use of it are restricted from accessing it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A stovepipe hat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
A type of malfunction affecting breechloading firearms, where a spent cartridge casing fails to eject completely, instead becoming stuck in the firearm's ejection port, usually oriented vertically or nearly so.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
A trench mortar such as the Stokes mortar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
To collect or store (information) in a compartmentalized manner, so that some parties who might be interested in its use or able to make use of it are restricted from accessing it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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verb
Of a cartridge case, to become wedged vertically in the ejection port of a breechloading firearm, rather than ejecting completely from the weapon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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verb
To improperly share classified information or share such information without sufficient context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war
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noun
a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, top hat, topper, beaver
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Broader terms: hat, chapeau, lid, man's clothing
noun
chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chimney
History
From stove + pipe. The firearms sense is due to the trapped cartridge case resembling a stovepipe of the stove sense.
Across languages
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