Definitions for chimney

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chimney chim·ney

Spelling: [chim-nee]

IPA: /ˈtʃɪm ni/

Chimney is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in chimney (cehimny).

Definitions for chimney

noun

1. a structure, usually vertical, containing a passage or flue by which the smoke, gases, etc., of a fire or furnace are carried off and by means of which a draft is created.
2. the part of such a structure that rises above a roof.
3. Now Rare. the smokestack or funnel of a locomotive, steamship, etc.
4. a tube, usually of glass, surrounding the flame of a lamp to promote combustion and keep the flame steady.
5. Geology. the vent of a volcano. a narrow vertical fissure between two rock faces or in a rock formation.
6. Mining. a nearly vertical cylindrical oreshoot.
7. British Dialect. fireplace.

verb (used with object)

1. Mountain Climbing. to ascend or descend (a chimney) by repeated bracing of one's feet or back and feet against opposite walls.

verb (used without object)

1. Mountain Climbing. to ascend or descend a chimney.

Origin of chimney

1300-50; Middle English chimenai Middle French cheminee Latin (camera) camīnāta (room) having a fireplace, equivalent to camīn(us) (Greek kámīnos furnace) + -āta Examples for chimney

Then get your parents, friends, roommates, children, neighbors, cats, & chimney sweeps to vote, too.

The chimney, as is the case with all log cabins, was built on the outside.

There was a rush and faint roar of the flame up the chimney as the cardboard burned.

He lighted the lamp, turned down the wick, and replaced the chimney.

There is no chimney at the headquarters of the Chief Rabbinate in north London.

And now they all vanish in a puff of smoke from the chimney.

But the one that seems to have changed her—stuck with her—is the one of her fall down that chimney.

Like the old twisted metal sign that simply says “DOGS,” which hangs on the exposed brick of my chimney.

When the smoke wafts out after sunset, the chimney will be lit with a spotlight.

A gush of smoke came from a chimney in the rear of the edifice.