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Definition of "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)
  • Chiefly British A smokestack, as of a ship or locomotive. (noun)
  • A glass tube for enclosing the flame of a lamp. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "chimney" in a sentence
  • "In particular, the combination bell-cote/chimney is quite fine."
  • "We called a chimney professional to inspect the stove."
  • "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?"