chimney: meaning and definitions

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What is chimney?

What is chimney?

  • A passage through which smoke and gases escape from a fire or furnace; a flue.
  • The usually vertical structure containing a chimney.
  • The part of such a structure that rises above a roof.
  • Chiefly British A smokestack, as of a ship or locomotive.
  • A glass tube for enclosing the flame of a lamp.
  • Something, such as a narrow cleft in a cliff, resembling a chimney.

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