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chimney breast

chim·ney breast
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [chim-nee brest]
    • /ˈtʃɪm ni brɛst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [chim-nee brest]
    • /ˈtʃɪm ni brɛst/

Definitions of chimney breast words

  • countable noun chimney breast A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney. 3
  • noun chimney breast a part of a chimney or fireplace that projects out from the wall, usually inside the building. 1
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Origin of chimney breast

First appearance:

before 1835
One of the 34% newest English words
First recorded in 1835-45

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Parts of speech for Chimney breast

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Chimney breast

chimney breast popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

chimney breast usage trend in Literature

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