Meaning of Chimney | Babel Free
ˈt͡ʃɪmniDefinitions
- A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
- The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
- The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
- A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
- A vagina.
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A black eye; a shiner. Northern-Ireland, slang
Equivalents
Afrikaans
skoorsteen
Azərbaycanca
baca
Български
комин
বাংলা
চিমনি
Català
xemeneia
Dansk
skorsten
Esperanto
kameno
Eesti
korsten
Euskara
tximinia
Français
cheminée
Gàidhlig
similear
עברית
ארובה
हिन्दी
चिमनी
Հայերեն
ծխնելույզ
Қазақша
мұржа
한국어
굴뚝
Lëtzebuergesch
Kamäin
Lietuvių
kaminas
Македонски
оџак
Монгол
яндан
Bahasa Melayu
serombong
မြန်မာဘာသာ
ခေါင်းတိုင်
Slovenščina
dimnik
Shqip
oxhak
Svenska
skorsten
Kiswahili
dohani
Tagalog
pausukan
Tiếng Việt
ống khói
Examples
“Our chimney was a square hole in the roof: it was but a little part of the smoke that found its way out, and the rest eddied about the house, and kept us coughing and piping the eye.”
“The external aspect of the oficina was not unlike that of a north-country coal or iron mine—tall chimneys and machinery, corrugated iron buildings, offices and houses, the shanties of workmen, a high bank of refuse.”
“Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths.”
“By next winter he was spending every evening poring over the work of Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné on the French Reformation by the light of a little oil lamp, with a tiny cistern the size of an orange and no chimney[.]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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