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schouw — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chimney noun A vertical structure that carries smoke and fumes up and out of a building.
  • Mantel noun The shelf above a fireplace.

Senses

schouw is used for these senses in English:

  • chimney A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
  • mantel The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.

chimney — full definition

  1. noun A vertical structure that carries smoke and fumes up and out of a building.
  2. noun A narrow vertical crack in a rock face that climbers can wedge themselves into.

Mantel — full definition

  1. noun The shelf above a fireplace.
  2. verb (climbing) To get over a ledge by pressing down on it with the hands and pushing the body up.
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