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Definition chimney

Etymology

From Middle English chymeney, chymney, chymne, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camin?ta, from Latin caminus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (k�m?nos, �furnace�).

Noun

chimney (plural chimneys)

1. 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.
2. The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
3. (Britain) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
4. A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.

Verb

chimney (third-person singular simple present chimneys, present participle chimneying, simple past and past participle chimneyed)

1. (climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.

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