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a part of a chimney or fireplace that projects out from the wall, usually inside the building.[1835-45]
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chimney breast
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chimney breast — chimney breasts also chimney breast N COUNT A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney. [BRIT] … English dictionary
Chimney-breast — Chim ney breast , n. (Arch.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chimney breast — n BrE the part of a wall in a room that encloses a chimney … Dictionary of contemporary English
chimney breast — ► NOUN ▪ a part of an interior wall that projects to surround a chimney … English terms dictionary
Chimney breast — In this case a brick chimney breast A chimney breast is a portion of a wall which projects forward over a fireplace.[1] Chimney jambs similarly project from the wall, but they do so on either side of the fireplace and serve to support the chimney … Wikipedia
chimney breast — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms chimney breast : singular chimney breast plural chimney breasts British the part of a wall that sticks out into a room above the fireplace and contains the chimney … English dictionary
chimney-breast — see chimney breast … English dictionary
chimney breast — n. wall that surrounds a chimney; protruding section of a chimney … English contemporary dictionary
chimney breast — noun a part of an interior wall that projects to surround a chimney … English new terms dictionary
chimney breast — noun (C) BrE the part of a wall in a room that encloses a chimney … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
