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chim·ney

(chĭm′nē)

n. pl. chim·neys

a. A passage through which smoke and gases escape from a fire or furnace; a flue.

b. The usually vertical structure containing a chimney.

c. The part of such a structure that rises above a roof.

2. Chiefly British A smokestack, as of a ship or locomotive.

3. A glass tube for enclosing the flame of a lamp.

4. Something, such as a narrow cleft in a cliff, resembling a chimney.

[Middle English chimenei, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta, fireplace, from Latin camīnus, furnace, from Greek kamīnos.]

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chimney

(ˈtʃɪmnɪ)

1. (Building) a vertical structure of brick, masonry, or steel that carries smoke or steam away from a fire, engine, etc

2. (Building) another name for flue¹¹

3. (Building) short for chimney stack

4. an open-ended glass tube fitting around the flame of an oil or gas lamp in order to exclude draughts

5. (Building) Brit a fireplace, esp an old and large one

6. (Geological Science) geology

a. a cylindrical body of an ore, which is usually oriented vertically

b. the vent of a volcano

7. (Mountaineering) mountaineering a vertical fissure large enough for a person's body to enter

8. anything resembling a chimney in shape or function

[C14: from Old French cheminée, from Late Latin camīnāta, from Latin camīnus furnace, from Greek kaminos fireplace, oven]

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chim•ney

(ˈtʃɪm ni)

n., pl. -neys.

1. a structure, usu. vertical, containing a passage or flue by which the smoke, gases, etc., of a fire or furnace are carried off.

2. the part of such a structure that rises above a roof.

3. the smokestack or funnel of a locomotive, steamship, etc.

4. a tube, usu. of glass, surrounding the flame of a lamp.

5. Dial. fireplace.

[1300–50; Middle English chimenai < Middle French cheminee < Latin (camera) camīnāta (room) having a fireplace =camīn(us) (< Greek kámīnos furnace) + -āta -ate¹]

chim′ney•like`, adj.

Chimney

1. The same as a flue.

2. See Lamp chimney.

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Noun	1.	chimney - a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building chimneystack - the part of the chimney that is above the roof; usually has several flues damper - a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" flue - a conduit to carry off smoke smokestack, stack - a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated stovepipe - chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue
	2.	chimney - a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp lamp chimney flue - a conduit to carry off smoke kerosene lamp, kerosine lamp, oil lamp - a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light

Translations

داخون، مدْخَنَهمَدْخَنَة

komíncylindr

skorsten

Schornstein Kamin Schlot Spalte Esse

καπνοδόχος καμινάδα

chimenea tubo

savupiippu

cheminée

dimnjak

kémény

skorsteinn

camino ciminiera fumaiolo

煙突

굴뚝

kaminas

skurstenis

schoorsteen schouw spleet lampenkap

skorstein

komin

chaminé

дымовая труба расщелина

dimnik

dimnjak

skorsten

ปล่องไฟ

baca

ống khói

烟囱

chimney

[ˈtʃɪmnɪ]

A. N

1. [of building] → chimenea f

2. [of lamp] → tubo m

3. (Mountaineering) → olla f, chimenea f

B. CPD chimney breast N (Brit) → campana f de chimenea
chimney corner N → rincón m de la chimenea
chimney pot N → cañón m de chimenea
chimney stack N → fuste m de chimenea
chimney sweep N → deshollinador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chimney

[ˈtʃɪmni] n → cheminée fchimney corner n
in the chimney corner → au coin du feu

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chimney

n → Schornstein m; (on factory also) → Schlot m; (= open fireplace) → Kamin m; (of lamp) → Zylinder m; (of stove) → Rauchfang m; (Mountaineering) → Kamin m; to smoke like a chimney (inf) → wie ein Schlot rauchen (inf)

chimney

chimney breast

n → Kaminvorsprung m

chimneypiece

n → Kaminsims m

chimneypot

n → Schornsteinkopf m

chimney stack

n → Schornstein m

chimney sweep

n → Schornsteinfeger m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chimney

[ˈtʃɪmnɪ] n (of house) → camino; (of factory) → ciminiera

chimney

(ˈtʃimni) noun

a passage for the escape of smoke etc from a fireplace or furnace. a factory chimney.

Chimney

→ مَدْخَنَة komín skorsten Schornstein καμινάδα chimenea savupiippu cheminée dimnjak camino 煙突 굴뚝 schoorsteen skorstein komin chaminé дымовая труба skorsten ปล่องไฟ baca ống khói 烟囱

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