[chim.ney] n, pl chimneys [ME, fr. MF cheminee, fr. LL caminata, fr. L caminus furnace, fireplace, fr. Gk kaminos; perh. akin to Gk kamara vault] (14c) 1 dial: fireplace, hearth
2: a vertical structure incorporated into a building and enclosing a flue or flues that carry off smoke; esp: the part of such a structure extending above a roof
3: smokestack
4: a tube usu. of glass placed around a flame (as of a lamp)
5: something resembling a chimney: as a: a narrow cleft 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 vent in the earth's crust and rising through the column of rock -- chim.ney.like adj