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A ventilation structure primarily for dispersing smoke from a fire or furnace. I think you call it a "smoke stack" in the USA.


Thank you! I know my English quite well, but I always thought "smokestack" was some process chemistry thing, and not the US word for "chimney".


“Simplifying English for the Americans”:

https://youtu.be/UCo0hSFAWOc


Thank you for this. I've been pressing skip on the small vertical pipes as a chimney to me is a made of brick. Curse being born in Britain!




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