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chimney
CEFRB2
/ˈt͡ʃɪmni/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A tall pipe that carries smoke from a building's fire outside.
- 02
noun
Extra detailThe glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
Examples
A chimney carries smoke from a fireplace to the outside.
The chimney began to give out smoke.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
- 1
Also pronounced
- /ˈt͡ʃɪməni/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe smokestack of a steam locomotive.
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.
A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
More examples
In contextOur chimney was a square hole in the roof: it was but a little part of the smoke that found its way out, and the rest eddied about the house, and kept us coughing and piping the eye.
The external aspect of the oficina was not unlike that of a north-country coal or iron mine—tall chimneys and machinery, corrugated iron buildings, offices and houses, the shanties of workmen, a high bank of refuse.
Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths.
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Origin
noun
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.