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   chimney

   /ˈtʃɪmni/

   noun

   • 1. a vertical channel or pipe which conducts smoke and combustion gases up from a fire or furnace and typically through the roof of a building: "a coal fire thrust yellow flames up the chimney"
   • ▪ a chimney stack: "the outlines of rooftops and chimneys stood out against the pale sky"
   • 2. a glass tube protecting the flame of a lamp: "he trimmed the wick and put the glass chimney over the flame"
   • 3. a very steep narrow cleft by which a rock face may be climbed: "he slid fifty feet down a chimney, and became wedged there"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a fireplace or furnace): from Old French cheminee ‘chimney, fireplace’, from late Latin caminata, perhaps from camera caminata ‘room with a fireplace’, from Latin caminus ‘forge, furnace’, from Greek kaminos ‘oven’.

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