About The Word Chimney
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Chimney Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Chimney?
[n] a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
[n] a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp Synonyms | Synonyms for Chimney: lamp chimney Related Terms | Find terms related to Chimney: abysm | abyss | arroyo | box canyon | breach | break | canyon | cavity | chap | chasm | check | chimney corner | chink | chute | cleft | cleuch | clough | col | coulee | couloir | country rock | crack | cranny | crevasse | crevice | cut | cwm | defile | dell | deposit | dike | ditch | donga | draw | excavation | fault | fender | fire screen | fireboard | fireguard | fireplace | fireside | fissure | flaw | flue | flue pipe | flume | fracture | fumarole | funnel | furrow | gangue | gap | gape | gash | gorge | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | hearth | hearthstone | hob | hole | hub | incision | ingle | inglenook | ingleside | joint | kloof | leak | lode | lodestuff | matrix | mineral deposit | moat | notch | nullah | opening | ore bed | pass | passage | pay dirt | ravine | rent | rift | rime | rupture | scissure | seam | shoot | slit | slot | smokehole | smokeshaft | smokestack | split | stack | stock | stovepipe | trench | valley | vein | void | wadi See Also | chimneystack | damper | fireplace | flue | hearth | kerosene lamp | kerosine lamp | oil lamp | open fireplace | smokestack | stack | stovepipe Chimney In Webster's Dictionary \Chim"ney\, n.; pl. {Chimneys}. [F. chemin['e]e, LL.
caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. ? furnace,
oven.]
1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues;
esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most
cases extending through or above the roof of the building.
Often used instead of chimney shaft.
Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. --Milton.
3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a
lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.
4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending
downward in a vein. --Raymond.
{Chimney board}, a board or screen used to close a fireplace;
a fireboard.
{Chimney cap}, a device to improve the draught of a chimney,
by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward.
{Chimney corner}, the space between the sides of the
fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside.
{Chimney hook}, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a
fire,
{Chimney money}, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in
England for each chimney.
{Chimney pot} (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet
metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the
roof.
{Chimney swallow}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An American swift ({Ch[ae]ture pelasgica}) which lives
in chimneys.
(b) In England, the common swallow ({Hirundo rustica}).
{Chimney sweep}, {Chimney sweeper}, one who cleans chimneys
of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off
the soot.
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