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chimneys

Variant of chimney

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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