chimney
noun/ˈtʃɪmni/
/ˈtʃɪmni/
- a structure through which smoke or steam is carried up away from a fire, etc. and through the roof of a building; the part of this that is above the roof
- He threw a bit of paper onto the fire and it flew up the chimney.
- the factory chimneys of an industrial landscape
- This chimney doesn’t draw very well.
- factory chimneys belching smoke over the town
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- tall
- short
- …
- clean
- sweep
- belch something
- draw
- breast
- flue
- piece
- …
- (specialist) a narrow opening in an area of rock that a person can climb up
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a fireplace or furnace): from Old French cheminee ‘chimney, fireplace’, from late Latin caminata, perhaps from camera caminata ‘room with a fireplace’, from Latin caminus ‘forge, furnace’, from Greek kaminos ‘oven’.
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