Meaning

1 senses
  1. The combustion of residue deposits referred to as soot or creosote, on the inner surfaces of chimney tiles, flue liners, stove pipes, etc.

    Schornsteinbrand

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The chimney caught on fire and the house burned down.

    ruПожар начался в дымовой трубе, и дом сгорел дотла. — sharptoothed

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  2. Allow enough air to get in the chimney so fires burn properly.

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Translations

4 languages
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Forms

plural: chimney fires
Singularchimney fire
Pluralchimney fires

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
flue fire

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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