n.
Pronunciation: ' chim-n ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: 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 \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective