chimney breast

noun

British
: a part of a wall that extends out into a room to cover a chimney

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Creative Tonic Design The colors of the geometric floor tiles in this lounge by Creative Tonic match those in the marbled niches on either side of the chimney breast. Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2025 The chimney breast was clad in large églomisé glass panels backed with a gradation of copper, brass, and silver leaf. Ian Phillips, ELLE Decor, 15 Aug. 2023 Or Anna Ryder-Richardson wallpapering a chimney breast wall, normally in some bracing, Barbie-pink abstract floral. Jermaine Gallacher, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023

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“Chimney breast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chimney%20breast. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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