chimney

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  1. noun A passage through which smoke and gases escape from a fire or furnace; a flue.
  2. noun The usually vertical structure containing a chimney.
  3. noun The part of such a structure that rises above a roof.
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  • Your chimney is an opening that leads directly outdoors -- just like an open window. —  The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public
  • Commonly, flashing around the chimney is the first place that leaks start since this can be blown off in bad weather.
  • The buildup of creosote in a chimney is the primary cause of chimney fires. —  Mount Vernon News
  • "What's this Beside the chimney was a black hole and fastened to the chimney was an iron bar like the rung of a ladder. —  The Cat in Grandfather's House
  • It had been papered, and painted, and renewed, but the chimney was the same, and the shadows rested there as darkly as ever When Mittie entered the room, Helen was already in that luxurious state between sleeping and waking, which admits of the consciousness of enjoyment, without its responsibility. —  Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
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  1. Middle English chimenei, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta, fireplace, from Latin camīnus, furnace, from Greek kamīnos.

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  1. Cf. dial, chimlay, chimley, chimlie, chimly, chimbly, chembly, chimbler, etc.; from Middle English chimny, chymney, chimne, chymeney, chimenee, cheminey, etc., a fireplace, furnace, from Old French cheminee, chimenee, French cheminée = Italian camminata = Old High German chemināta, Middle High German kemenāte (Middle High German also kamīn, kemīn, German kamin = Danish kamin = Russian kaminŭ = Polish komin, from Latin caminus), from Middle Latin caminata, a fireplace, properly (sc. camera) a room with a fireplace, from Latin caminus, a hearth, furnace, stove, flue, from Greek κάμινος, an oven, furnace.
 

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