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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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Borrowed from {{bor|en|fro|cheminee}}, from {{der|en|LL.|camināta}}, from {{der|en|la|caminus}}, from {{der|en|grc|κάμινος|t=furnace}}. |
Borrowed from {{bor|en|fro|cheminee}}, from {{der|en|LL.|camināta}}, from {{der|en|la|caminus}}, from {{der|en|grc|κάμινος|t=furnace}}, {{inh|pl|sla-pro|*kamy}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 18:38, 7 May 2018
See also: çhymney
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camināta, from Latin caminus, from Ancient Greek κάμινος (káminos, “furnace”), Proto-Slavic *kamy.
Pronunciation
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Noun
chimney (plural chimneys)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Chimney.jpg/220px-Chimney.jpg)
- 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.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- Our chimney was a square hole in the roof: it was but a little part of the smoke that found its way out, and the rest eddied about the house, and kept us coughing and piping the eye.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
- (British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
- A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
Derived terms
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Translations
vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
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glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
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UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
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narrow cleft in a rock face
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Verb
chimney (third-person singular simple present chimneys, present participle chimneying, simple past and past participle chimneyed)
- (climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
See also
Categories:
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- en:Climbing
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