chimney
Other forms: chimneys
A chimney is the long, vertical, tunnel-like opening above a fireplace that provides a safe pathway for smoke — and the occasional Santa. It is also the name of the curvy glass flue in a hurricane lamp.
Ever since the use of fire indoors, it has been important to build a chimney to allow the smoke to escape. The word chimney comes ultimately from the Greek kaminos, "furnace," and in 13th-century Old French it became the more familiar looking cheminee, "fire place." As chimney fires became a serious problem, the chimney sweep became an important person, cleaning the soot from chimneys. Oh, and dancing on the rooftops. (Or not.)
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a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
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a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lampsynonyms: lamp chimneytype of:fluea conduit to carry off smoke
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Whether you've been naughty or nice this year, you can still give yourself the gift of vocabulary.
There's no place like home, and no shortage of words about it! Renovate your vocabulary with these terms for different parts of a house.
Vocabulary from Cormac McCarthy's "The Road."