noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "During the winter, smoke billowed from the chimneys of the houses in our neighborhood. " architecture environment utility building technology industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp. Examples : "Maria carefully cleaned the chimneys of her antique oil lamps to make them shine brighter. " architecture utensil device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The smokestack of a steam locomotive. Examples : "The steam locomotive's chimneys puffed out thick black smoke as it chugged along the tracks. " vehicle part machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage. Examples : "The rock climbers carefully navigated the narrow chimneys on the cliff face, wedging their bodies between the walls to ascend. " geology geography nature place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
