chimney
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chimney
- /ˈt͡ʃɪmni/ UK, US
- /ˈt͡ʃɪməni/ UK, US, proscribed
Where it comes from
From Middle English chymeneye, chymneye, chymene, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta, from Latin camīnus, from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos, “furnace”). Doublet of chimenea.
noun chimneys · chimnies · chimley · chimbley
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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.
Our chimney was a square hole in the roof: it was but a little part of the smoke that found its way out, and the rest eddied about the house, and kept us coughing and piping the eye.
Similar: lum
- The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp. By next winter he was spending every evening poring over the work of Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné on the French Reformation by the light of a little oil lamp, with a tiny cistern the size of an orange and no chimney[.]
- The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
- A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
- A vagina.
- A black eye; a shiner.
verb chimneys · chimneying · chimneyed · chimley · chimbley
- To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lamp chimney, flue, mantelpiece, fireplace, hearth, forge, hole, sweeper, firehouse, funnel, fire, stack, firefighter, fireman, bedroom, smoke
Translations
Every language
noun vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
| Español | chimenea |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 굴뚝 gulttuk |
| 日本語 | 煙突 entotsu, 煙出し kemudashi, 煙り出し kemuridashi |
| 中文 | 煙筒 /烟筒 yāntong, 煙囪 /烟囱 yāncōng, 煙窗 /烟窗 yānchuāng |
| हिन्दी | चिमनी cimnī, धुआँकश dhuā̃kaś |
| Kiswahili | dohani |
| Português | chaminé |
| Français | cheminée |
| Deutsch | Kamin, Esse, Schlot, Schornstein, Rauchfang |
| Italiano | camino, ciminiera |
| Ελληνικά | καπνοδόχος kapnodóchos, καμινάδα kamináda, φουγάρο fougáro |
| Română | coș, horn, cămin, fumar |
| Русский | труба́ trubá, дымохо́д dymoxód, дымова́я труба́ dymovája trubá |
| Tiếng Việt | ống khói |
| العربية | مَدْخَنَة madḵana |
| עברית | ארובה \ אֲרֻבָּה 'arubá |
noun glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
| 中文 | 玻璃燈罩 /玻璃灯罩 bōli dēngzhào |
|---|---|
| Português | manga |
| Deutsch | Kamin |
| Italiano | fumaiolo, bulbo |
| Русский | ла́мповое стекло́ lámpovoje stekló |
noun UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
| 中文 | 煙囪 /烟囱 yāncōng |
|---|---|
| Português | chaminé |
| Français | cheminée |
| Deutsch | Schlot |
| Italiano | fumaiolo |
| Русский | труба́ trubá |
| עברית | מַעֲשֵׁנָה ma'ashená |
noun narrow cleft in a rock face
| 中文 | 煙囪 /烟囱 yāncōng, 煙囪裂口 /烟囱裂口 yāncōng lièkǒu |
|---|---|
| Português | chaminé |
| Deutsch | Spalte, Schlot |
| Italiano | camino |
| Русский | расще́лина rasščélina |
Talk about this word "chimney." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chimney. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chimney. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chimney "chimney." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chimney.Cite this
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title = {chimney},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chimney},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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