chimney

== English == === Alternative forms === chimley, chimbley (dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle English chymeneye, chymneye, chymene, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta, from Latin camīnus, from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos, “furnace”). Doublet of chimenea. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪmni/, (proscribed) /ˈt͡ʃɪməni/ === Noun === chimney (plural chimneys or (archaic) chimnies) 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. Synonym: (Northern England, Scotland) lum The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp. (UK) The smokestack of a steam locomotive. A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage. (vulgar, euphemistic) A vagina. (Northern Ireland, slang) A black eye; a shiner. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bengali: চিমনি (cimoni) → Hindustani: → Hindi: चिमनी (cimnī) → Urdu: چِمْنی (cimnī) → Malayalam: ചിമ്മിനി (cimmini) → Unami: chìmìni → Welsh: shimne ==== Translations ==== === 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 === cowl fireplace flaunching flue smokestack stove