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chimney
/ˈt͡ʃɪmni/
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What does chimney mean?
noun
- 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.
- The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
- The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
- (slang) A black eye; a shiner.
- (vulgar) A vagina.
verb
- To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃɪmni/
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He put his head on one side, and from his perch on the chimney looked down at the crumbs with twinkling eyes.
So he hung them up again, and enlarged his fire and mused as the steam from the garments went up the chimney.
More book examples (3)
Then the wolf was very angry indeed, and tried to get down the chimney in order to eat up the little pig.
Breydenbach calls the Dead Sea "the chimney of hell," and repeats the old story as to the miraculous solvent for its bitumen.
As evening drew in, the storm grew higher and louder, and the wind cried and sobbed like a child in the chimney.