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chimney
CIDE DICTIONARY
chimney, n. [F. cheminée, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. furnace, oven.].
- A fireplace or hearth. Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. [1913 Webster]"Hard by a cottage chimney smokes." [1913 Webster]
- A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion. [1913 Webster]
- A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. Raymond. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chimney, n. (pl. -eys)
1 a vertical channel conducting smoke or combustion gases etc. up and away from a fire, furnace, engine, etc.
2 the part of this which projects above a roof.
3 a glass tube protecting the flame of a lamp.
4 a narrow vertical crack in a rock-face, often used by mountaineers to ascend.
1 a vertical channel conducting smoke or combustion gases etc. up and away from a fire, furnace, engine, etc.
2 the part of this which projects above a roof.
3 a glass tube protecting the flame of a lamp.
4 a narrow vertical crack in a rock-face, often used by mountaineers to ascend.
Idiom
chimney-breast a projecting interior wall surrounding a chimney. chimney-piece an ornamental structure around an open fireplace; a mantelpiece. chimney-pot an earthenware or metal pipe at the top of a chimney, narrowing the aperture and increasing the up draught. chimney-stack
1 a number of chimneys grouped in one structure.
2 = sense 2. chimney-sweep a person whose job is removing soot from inside chimneys.
1 a number of chimneys grouped in one structure.
2 = sense 2. chimney-sweep a person whose job is removing soot from inside chimneys.
Etymology
ME f. OF chemin{eacute}e f. LL caminata having a fire-place, f. L caminus f. Gk kaminos oven
THESAURUS
chimney
abysm, abyss, arroyo, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney corner, chink, chute, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir, country rock, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, defile, dell, deposit, dike, ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fender, fire screen, fireboard, fireguard, fireplace, fireside, fissure, flaw, flue, flue pipe, flume, fracture, fumarole, funnel, furrow, gangue, gap, gape, gash, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hearth, hearthstone, hob, hole, hub, incision, ingle, inglenook, ingleside, joint, kloof, leak, lode, lodestuff, matrix, mineral deposit, moat, notch, nullah, opening, ore bed, pass, passage, pay dirt, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, seam, shoot, slit, slot, smokehole, smokeshaft, smokestack, split, stack, stock, stovepipe, trench, valley, vein, void, wadiROGET THESAURUS
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Opening
N opening, hole, foramen, puncture, perforation, fontanel, transforation, pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole, eye of a needle, eyelet, slot, opening, aperture, apertness, hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction, pandiculation, chasm, embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light, lattice, bay window, bow window, oriel, dormer, lantern, outlet, inlet, vent, vomitory, embouchure, orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle, placket, portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door, arcade, cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway, lich gate, way, path, thoroughfare, channel, passage, passageway, tube, pipe, water pipe, air pipe, vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula, adjutage, ajutage, ostium, smokestack, chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main, mine, pit, adit, shaft, gallery, alley, aisle, glade, vista, bore, caliber, pore, blind orifice, fulgurite, thundertube, porousness, porosity, sieve, cullender, colander, cribble, riddle, screen, honeycomb, apertion, perforation, piercing, terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration, key, opener, master key, password, combination, passe- partout, open, perforated, perforate, wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped, oscitant, gaping, yawning, patent, tubular, cannular, fistulous, pervious, permeable, foraminous, vesicular, vasicular, porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled, tubulous, tubulated, piped, tubate, opening, aperient, Int, open sesame!.Airpipe
N airpipe, air pipe, air tube, airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole, shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand, trachea, bronchus, bronchia, larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle, ventiduct, ventilator, louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds, blowpipe, pipe, jhilmil, smokestack, screen, window screen, ' artificial lung, iron lung, heart and lung machine.Also see definition of "chimney" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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