chimney
IPA: tʃˈɪmni
noun
- 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.
- The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
- (Britain) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
- A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
- (vulgar, euphemistic) A vagina.
- (Northern Ireland, slang) A black eye; a shiner.
verb
- (climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
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Examples of "chimney" in Sentences
- The chimney is smoldering.
- The chimney is from the Renaissance period.
- Avalanche Gulch is to the right of the chimney.
- The chimney is located in the center of the house.
- But he had not climbed up the flue to the chimney.
- The hottest part of the yellow flame is the chimney.
- Found conflicting reports of the height of the chimney.
- The pipe is routed over the hearth and below the chimney.
- The flue pipe extends to a chimney for exhausting the gases.
- The smoke nuisance from the hospital chimney was once again in the news.
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