Definition

1. Noun:
   • A vertical structure or passage that allows smoke and gases to escape from a fireplace, furnace, or stove: A "chimney" is a tube, often made of brick or metal, that leads from a fire inside a building to the outside air.
   • A glass tube surrounding the flame of an oil lamp: In this context, a "chimney" is a transparent cylinder that protects the flame and improves airflow.

Examples

• Noun:
  • Smoke rose from the brick chimney of the old house.
  • The factory has a very tall industrial chimney.
  • She carefully cleaned the glass chimney of the antique lamp.

Advanced Usage

• "Chimney stack": The part of a chimney that rises above a roof.
  • The wind howled around the chimney stack.
• "Chimney pot": A pipe or pot, usually made of clay or metal, fitted to the top of a chimney to improve draft and often for decoration.
  • The row of Victorian houses had ornate chimney pots.
• "Chimney breast": The part of a wall in a room that projects to surround a fireplace and chimney.
  • They built bookshelves into the old chimney breast.

Variants and Related Words

• Chimney sweep (n): A person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys.
  • The chimney sweep arrived to clean the flue before winter.
• Chimneypiece (n): Another term for a mantelpiece or mantel over a fireplace.
• Chimney corner (n): A cozy area beside a fireplace.

Synonyms

• Flue: A duct for smoke and waste gases.
• Smokestack: A tall chimney, especially on a factory or ship.
• Funnel: A tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding smoke or liquid.

Related Phrases

• "Smoke like a chimney" (idiom): To smoke tobacco very heavily.
  • My grandfather used to smoke like a chimney.
• "Up the chimney" (idiom): Wasted or lost, often referring to money.
  • All our savings went up the chimney on that failed business venture.

Noun

1. a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp
2. a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building