Stovepipe organization
noun
a business model in which the management and employees have narrowly and rigidly defined responsibilities
Usage Note
also stovepipe system ‘a method developed to solve a specific and limited problem’
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noun 1. a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a chimney flue. 2. stovepipe hat. plural noun 1. (informal) tight trousers with narrow legs noun 1. a pipe that serves as a flue to a stove 2. Also called stovepipe hat. a man’s tall silk […]
- Stover
noun 1. coarse roughage used as feed for livestock. 2. stalks and leaves, not including grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum. 3. British Dialect. fodder minus the grain portion of the plant. noun 1. (mainly Brit) fodder 2. (US) cornstalks used as fodder
- Stovetop
noun 1. the upper surface of a stove, especially the area used for cooking: a stovetop cluttered with unwashed pots and pans. adjective 2. pertaining to or suitable for use or preparation on the top of a cooking stove: stovetop meals; stovetop utensils. noun 1. the US word for hob1 (sense 1)
- Stovies
plural noun 1. (Scot) potatoes stewed with onions
- Stovl
STOVL short takeoff and vertical landing