English Explanatory Dictionary

chimney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
  2. The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
  3. The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
  4. A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
  5. A vagina.
  6. A black eye; a shiner.
verb
  1. To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃɪmni/ /ˈt͡ʃɪməni/ En-us-chimney.ogg

Word forms

chimney chimneys chimnies chimley chimbley chimneying chimneyed

Etymology

From Middle English chymeneye, chymneye, chymene, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta, from Latin camīnus, from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos, “furnace”). Doublet of chimenea.

Synonyms

lum

Related words

cowl fireplace flaunching flue smokestack stove

Derived words

chimney balloon chimney board chimney breast chimney-breast chimney cake chimney campanula chimney can chimney cap chimney corner chimney-corner chimney-duty chimney effect chimney fire chimney flashing chimney flute chimneyful chimney-glass chimney hook chimneyless chimneylike chimney money chimney-money chimney piece chimneypiece chimney-piece chimney pot chimney-pot hat Chimney Rock chimneyscape chimney stack chimney stalk chimney swallow chimney-sweep chimney sweep chimney-sweeper chimney sweeper chimney sweep's cancer chimney sweep's carcinoma chimney swift fairy chimney pie chimney smoke like a chimney sweep-chimney Welsh chimney
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