chimney

chim·ney  (chmn)

n. pl. chim·neys

1.

a. A passage through which smoke and gases escape from a fire or furnace; a flue.

b. The usually vertical structure containing a chimney.

c. The part of such a structure that rises above a roof.

2. Chiefly British A smokestack, as of a ship or locomotive.

3. A glass tube for enclosing the flame of a lamp.

4. Something, such as a narrow cleft in a cliff, resembling a chimney.

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[Middle English chimenei, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camnta, fireplace, from Latin camnus, furnace, from Greek kamnos.]

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chimney [ˈtʃɪmnɪ]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a vertical structure of brick, masonry, or steel that carries smoke or steam away from a fire, engine, etc.

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) another name for flue¹ [1]

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) short for chimney stack

4. an open-ended glass tube fitting around the flame of an oil or gas lamp in order to exclude draughts

5. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Brit a fireplace, esp an old and large one

6. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology

a.  a cylindrical body of an ore, which is usually oriented vertically

b.  the vent of a volcano

7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) Mountaineering a vertical fissure large enough for a person's body to enter

8. anything resembling a chimney in shape or function

[from Old French cheminée, from Late Latin camīnāta, from Latin camīnus furnace, from Greek kaminos fireplace, oven]

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chimney  (chmn)

1. An elongated opening in a volcano through which magma reaches the Earth's surface.

2. A stack of minerals that have precipitated out of a hydrothermal vent on the floor of a sea or ocean. See more at hydrothermal vent.

3. An isolated column of rock along a coastline, formed by the erosion of a sea cliff by waves. Chimneys are smaller than stacks.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chimney - a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building chimneystack - the part of the chimney that is above the roof; usually has several flues damper - a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" flue - a conduit to carry off smoke smokestack, stack - a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated stovepipe - chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue
	2.	chimney - a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp lamp chimney flue - a conduit to carry off smoke kerosene lamp, kerosine lamp, oil lamp - a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light

Translations

chimney [ˈtʃɪmnɪ]

A. N

1. [of building] → chimenea f

2. [of lamp] → tubo m

3. (Mountaineering) → olla f, chimenea f

B. CPD chimney breast N (Brit) → campana f de chimenea
chimney corner N → rincón m de la chimenea
chimney pot N → cañón m de chimenea
chimney stack N → fuste m de chimenea
chimney sweep N → deshollinador(a) m/f

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chimney [ˈtʃɪmni] n → cheminée f
chimney corner n
in the chimney corner → au coin du feu

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chimney

n → Schornstein m; (on factory also) → Schlot m; (= open fireplace) → Kamin m; (of lamp) → Zylinder m; (of stove) → Rauchfang m; (Mountaineering) → Kamin m; to smoke like a chimney (inf) → wie ein Schlot rauchen (inf)

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chimney:

chimney breast

n → Kaminvorsprung m

chimneypiece

n → Kaminsims m

chimneypot

n → Schornsteinkopf m

chimney stack

n → Schornstein m

chimney sweep

n → Schornsteinfeger m

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chimney [ˈtʃɪmnɪ] n (of house) → camino; (of factory) → ciminiera

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chimney [ˈtʃɪmnɪ] n (of house) → camino; (of factory) → ciminiera

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chimney

n chimney [ˈtʃimni]

a passage for the escape of smoke etc from a fireplace or furnace a factory chimney. skoorsteen داخون، مدْخَنَه комин komín skorsten der Schornstein καπνοδόχος chimenea korsten دود کش savupiippu cheminée אָרוּבָּה चिमनी dimnjak kémény cerobong skorsteinn camino, ciminiera 煙突 굴뚝 kaminas skurstenis serombong schoorsteen skorstein komin chaminé coş; şemineu труба komín dimnik dimnjak skorsten ปล่องไฟ baca 煙囪 димар; димохід چمنی ، دود دان ống khói 烟囱

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chimney → مَدخَنة komín skorsten Schornstein καμινάδα chimenea savupiippu cheminée dimnjak camino 煙突 굴뚝 schoorsteen skorstein komin chaminé дымовая труба skorsten ปล่องไฟ baca ống khói 烟囱