noun
pl. -·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
- Dial. a hearth
Origin of chimney
Middle English chimene, a fireplace from Old French cheminée from Late Latin caminata, fireplace from Classical Latin caminus, furnace, flue from Classical Greek kaminos, oven, fireplace; ultimately from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Indo-European base an unverified form kam, to arch from source camera
