plural chimneys
2
: a vertical structure incorporated into a building and enclosing a flue or flues that carry off smoke
especially
: the part of such a structure extending above a roof
3
4
: a tube usually of glass placed around a flame (as of a lamp)
5
: something resembling a chimney: such as
a
: a narrow cleft or passage in rock
b
: a tall column of rock on the ocean floor that is formed by the precipitation of minerals from superheated water issuing from a hydrothermal vent and rising through the column of rock
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Check for gaps where the chimney meets the house, and make sure chimney openings are covered properly.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
Chinese agencies have blown chemical smoke into clouds with rockets, planes, drones and chimneys to provoke snowfall over glaciers on the Tibetan plateau.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
At the plot of one home, a brick chimney was the only thing standing.
—Jeff Ernst, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The wreckage includes many shipping containers, vehicles and the chimney of a former residence on the property.
—Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
Chinese agencies have blown chemical smoke into clouds with rockets, planes, drones and chimneys to provoke snowfall over glaciers on the Tibetan plateau.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
At the plot of one home, a brick chimney was the only thing standing.
—Jeff Ernst, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The wreckage includes many shipping containers, vehicles and the chimney of a former residence on the property.
—Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
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chimney
noun
chim·ney
ˈchim-nē 
plural chimneys
1
: a vertical structure extending above the roof of a building for carrying off smoke
2
: a tube usually of glass around a flame (as of a lamp)
3
: something resembling a chimney
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