stovepipe
(noun) chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stovepipe (plural stovepipes)
Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
A channel for information which is compartmentalized in such a manner that some parties who might be interested in its use or be able to utilize it are restricted from accessing it.
stovepipe (third-person singular simple present stovepipes, present participle stovepiping, simple past and past participle stovepiped)
To collect or store (information) in a compartmentalized manner, so that some parties who might be interested in its use or be able to utilize it are restricted from accessing it.
Source: Wiktionary
Stove"pipe`, n.
Definition: Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, -- used to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue. Stovepipe hat, the common tall silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
