transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈchim-nē ]
noun
( plural chimneys )
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French chiminee, from Late Latin caminata, from Latin caminus furnace, fireplace, from Greek kaminos; perhaps akin to Greek kamara vault
Date: 14th century
1. dialect : fireplace , hearth
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. : smokestack
4. : a tube usually of glass placed around a flame (as of a lamp)
5. : something resembling a chimney: 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 vent in the earth's crust and rising through the column of rock
• chim·ney·like -ˌlīk adjective