skorsten.
a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue)
Meaning & usage
a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue)
a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue) a smokestack
Where this word comes from
From Low German Schornstein, compound of schore (“support”) (ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skeran (“to cut”)) and Stein (“rock”) (from Middle Low German sten). Compare Swedish skorsten and Norwegian Nynorsk skorstein.
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