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

1dialect : fireplace, hearth2: 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 roof3: smokestack4: 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