Main Entry: chim·ney

Pronunciation: \ˈchim-nē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): 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 \-ˌlīk\ adjective