chimney

(c̸him)

noun pl. chimneys

  1. the passage through which smoke or fumes from a fire escape; flue
  2. a structure containing a flue or flues and extending above the roof of a building
  3. a glass tube set around the flame of a candle or lamp
  4. something like a chimney; specif.,
    1. a narrow column of rock formed by erosion, esp. that caused by waves
    2. ☆ a vertical body of ore
    3. the vent of a volcano or cave
  5. Chiefly Brit. a smokestack
  6. Dialectal a hearth

Origin: ME chimene, a fireplace < OFr cheminée < LL caminata, fireplace < L caminus, furnace, flue < Gr kaminos, oven, fireplace; ult. < ? IE base *kam, to arch > camera

See chimney in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun 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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English chimenei

Origin: , from Old French cheminee

Origin: , from Late Latin camīnāta, fireplace

Origin: , from Latin camīnus, furnace

Origin: , from Greek kamīnos

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