Topic: BUILDINGS
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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | cheminée, from Late Latin caminata, from Latin caminus 'fireplace', from Greek kaminos |
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chim‧ney
[countable]
[countable]1TBB a vertical pipe that allows smoke from a fire to pass out of a building up into the air, or the part of this pipe that is above the roof : We can't light a fire because the chimney hasn't been swept.
We can't light a fire because the chimney hasn't been swept.2 a tall vertical structure containing a chimney [↪ smokestack]: a factory chimney
a factory chimney3 technicalSG a narrow opening in tall rocks or cliffs that you can climb up
4 if someone smokes like a chimney, they smoke a lot of cigarettes or tobacco - used humorously
