chimney breast
a part of a chimney or fireplace that projects out from the wall, usually inside the building.
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How to use chimney breast in a sentence
The interior of a chimney breast behind the stove should always be filled in solid with concrete or brickwork.
Above the fireplace a massive dark oak chimney-breast further emphasized the grand scale of the room.
The House of a Thousand Candles | Meredith NicholsonRalph, from his corner by the chimney-breast, could see the faces of all the others.
The Squire's Daughter | Silas K(itto) HockingMany simple variations with the informal brick chimney breast will occur to everyone.
Making a Fireplace | Henry H. SaylorFrequently the mantel is done away with entirely and the chimney breast treated independently as a whole.
Making a Fireplace | Henry H. Saylor
British Dictionary definitions for chimney breast
the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
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