chimneys
Variant of chimney
chimney
Definition
chim·ney (c̸him′nē)
noun pl. chimneys -·neys
- the passage through which smoke or fumes from a fire escape; flue
- a structure containing a flue or flues and extending above the roof of a building
- a glass tube set around the flame of a candle or lamp
- something like a chimney; specif.,
- a narrow column of rock formed by erosion, esp. that caused by waves
- ☆ a vertical body of ore
- the vent of a volcano or cave
- Chiefly Brit. a smokestack
- Dialectal a hearth
Etymology: ME chimene, a fireplace < OFr cheminée < LL caminata, fireplace < L caminus, furnace, flue < Gr kaminos, oven, fireplace; ult. < ? IE base *kam, to arch > camera
chimneys
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- disused: Sometimes they roost in the lining of tall disused industrial chimneys and other hollow walls including cavities in bridges.
- unused: Here are a few types of swifts: The chimney swift nests in walls, unused chimneys, around towns.
Noun used with modifier
- incinerator: The black smoke that billows from the engine is a graphic match to the incinerator chimneys at the camps.
- factory: Titus Salt stood almost alone in fitting smoke burners to his factory chimneys in Bradford.
chimneys Quotes
When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry weep weep weep weep. So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. Blake,William
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