Main Entry: Chim·ney
Pronunciation: 'chim-nE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural chimneys
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French cheminée, from Late
Latin caminata, from Latin caminus furnace, fireplace, from Greek
kaminos; perhaps akin to Greek kamara vault
1 dialect : FIREPLACE, HEARTH
2 : a vertical structure incorporated into a building and enclosing
a flue or flues that carry off smoke; especially : the part of such
a structure extending above a roof
3 : SMOKESTACK
4 : a tube usually of glass placed around a flame (as of a
lamp)
5 : something resembling a chimney: as a : a narrow cleft in rock b
: a tall column of rock on the ocean floor that is formed by the
precipitation of minerals from superheated water issuing from a
vent in the earth's crust and rising through the column of
rock
- chim·ney·like /-"lIk/ adjective
6 : Any
thing, person, animal that emits smoke.
