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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
chimney stack
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Above the kitchen chimney stack, the sky quavers on a high inaudible note.
▪ Due to high winds the chimney stack became unsafe.
▪ Every room has a fireplace and the double chimney stack rises through the steeply-pitched hipped roof.
▪ Nearly falling off the roof in fright, Hilary grabbed frantically at the chimney stack to keep her balance.
▪ The chimney stack was too high to consider pushing it down, so I had to try fishing it out.
▪ Then my torch showed up streaks of water running down the chimney stack.
Wiktionary
chimney stack

n. A vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.

Usage examples of "chimney stack".

He picked up a crumpled pack of Marlboros and discovered one last cigarette inside, as bent as a Charley Noble chimney stack.

The wind-damaged chimney stack leaked smoke near the base, and all the surrounding roof snow had turned black with soot and ash.

And standing quiet and calm in the shadows of the chimney stack on the station's waiting-room roof is Jimmy Thunder, God For Hire, with his great hammer in its holster on his hip.

Once they were away up on a roof, overlooking the canal, Benito leaned back against the chimney stack.

At least he had disposed of all two gross, even if some were lodged in the chimney stack.

A tall chimney stack was leaning at a worrying angle, a number of bricks from its top were missing.

A crane and a chimney stack towered over the sarcophagus, but compared to it, they were insignificant.

Cal watched the light uncover the city, and it seemed to him it was grey from gutter to chimney stack.

You won't see his windows light up but there's a skylight and the glow should catch the chimney stack.