chimney
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.
Other meanings
The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
Synonyms
- lamp chimney
Related words
- chimneyful
- Welsh chimney
- chimneyless
- chimneylike
- chimneypiece
- chimneyscape
- chimney balloon
- chimney breast
- chimney pot
- Chimney Rock
- chimney stack
- chimney sweep
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "κάμῑνος" (furnace).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “chimney” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.