Chimney

Word CHIMNEY
Character 7
Hyphenation chim ney
Pronunciations /tʃɪmni/

Definitions and meanings of "Chimney"

What do we mean by chimney?

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

The usually vertical structure containing a chimney. noun

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

A smokestack, as of a ship or locomotive. noun

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

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

A vent through which volcanic eruption has taken place. noun

A very narrow cleft in a cliff. noun

A fireplace or hearth. noun

A furnace; a forge. noun

A vertical structure containing a passage or main flue by which the smoke of a fire or furnace escapes to the open air, or other vapors are carried off; in a steam-engine, the funnel. noun

Anything resembling a chimney. noun

A fireplace or hearth. noun

That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. noun

A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion. noun

A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. noun

A board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. noun

A device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. noun

The space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside. 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.

The smokestack of a steam locomotive.

A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.

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The word "chimney" in example sentences

In particular, the combination bell-cote/chimney is quite fine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We called a chimney professional to inspect the stove. ❋ Jack Canfield (2009)

If the average chimney is 20 feet long and there are, say, 100 million houses with children, how fast, I wondered aloud, would he have to whizz down each chimney in order to finish the job by dawn on Christmas Day? ❋ Unknown (2006)

My kitchen still needs an extreme makeover, but I manage to cook some gourmet meals with the one skillet and saucepan I have, (refusing to buy anything new til the stove is replaced and other things refurbished), and the bare chimney from a previous stove hanging meaninglessly from the ceiling, along with the old watermarks from leaks, and the peeling ceiling tiles. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Pouring from the top of this volcano, like smoke out of a factory chimney, is a rapidly spreading pall of what looks like steam. ❋ Unknown (2002)

A crackling wood fire was roaring up the chimney from the large stove in the kitchen. ❋ Unknown (1913)

But a carpet we have - though not yet spread, as the chimney is unfinished, and room incomplete. ❋ Unknown (1904)

"Chimbley's on fire!" somebody else shouted, having just caught the word chimney, and everybody began to run back to the house. ❋ Rosa Mulholland (1881)

The kitchen chimney is smoking, the cooks are cooking, the taps are running "from morn till dewy eve." ❋ Unknown (1873)

If your chimney is foul, sweep it; but don't expect that you can ever air a room with only one aperture; don't suppose that to shut up a room is the way to keep it clean. ❋ Unknown (1860)

Among the spirits of Jupiter there are also some whom they call chimney-sweepers, because they appear in garments like those of chimney-sweepers, and with the face smeared with soot; who and of what character they are I am also permitted to describe. ❋ Emanuel Swedenborg (1730)

The next stage was down a sort of "chimney" -- a long irregular fissure; and so with scratches many and painful and bruises not a few, we finally reached the stream. ❋ Unknown (1915)

I’m getting a little bit silly while my chimney is being cleaned. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Chimney cap installation to prevent raccoons from taking up residence in chimney. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Instead of sugarplums, we now get nauseating holiday thorns like Four Christmases, and the only thing that comes down the chimney is a serial killer. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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