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Meaning of chimney in English

chimney
noun [ C ]
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/ˈtʃɪm.ni/ us
/ˈtʃɪm.ni/

chimney noun [C] (PIPE)

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a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a building to escape to the air outside:
Factory chimneys belched dense white smoke into the sky.
 
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chimney noun [C] (PASSAGE)

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a narrow vertical passage in the rock of a cliff or mountain, through which a person can climb
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(Definition of chimney from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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chimney
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈtʃɪm·ni/
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a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a building, esp. from a fireplace, to escape to the air outside
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In the industrialized areas the atmosphere is polluted by smoke from domestic and factory chimneys and gaseous effluent from a wide variety of factories, motor vehicles and diesel locomotives.
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Their sums are connected with the price of soot and the price of sweeping chimneys.
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The smoke from the high chimneys pours out over the terraced houses, as it has poured out for a hundred years.
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Smoke coming out of chimneys, or anything slightly warm, in the normal process of events rises and disperses in the atmosphere.
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In the 1950s and 1960s experts advocated the removal of chimneys and gas fires.
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I suppose that is because the chimneys are very easy to see.
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All countries use tall chimneys as a means of dispersing sulphur dioxide and other pollutants.
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Our industrialists have taken action in some cases, and in many cases they have dispersed the contamination by putting in high chimneys.
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What is dangerous, and what caused the loss of four lives in my constituency, is when chimneys fall and gable-ends collapse.
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I am assured that it is not the case that black smoke and dirt are frequently emitted from these chimneys.
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One can see the big chimneys in many countries.
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He claims to be doing about four chimneys a day.
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The consequence is that you have this higgledy-piggledy development where you have working-class dwellings practically up against belching chimneys, smoke, dirt and such things.
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Strangely enough in the last two or three weeks there have been one or two fires directly due to unswept chimneys.
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We have 360 chimneys belonging to industrial and public buildings, all of which, of course, are the concern of the inspectors of the local authority.
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in Chinese (Traditional)
管道, 煙囪, 煙道…
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管道, 烟囱, 烟道…
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chimenea, chimenea [feminine]…
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chaminé, chaminé [feminine]…
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चिमणी, धुरांडे…
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煙突, 煙突（えんとつ）…
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baca…
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cheminée [feminine], cheminée…
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xemeneia…
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schoorsteen…
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ஒரு கட்டிடத்தின் உள்ளே நெருப்பிலிருந்து வரும் புகை வெளியே உள்ள காற்றில் வெளியேற்ற அனுமதிக்கும் ஒரு வெற்று அமைப்பு…
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ચીમની…
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skorsten…
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skorsten…
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serombong…
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der Schornstein…
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skorstein [masculine], pipe [masculine], skorstein…
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چمنی…
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димар, димохід…
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চিমনি, বাড়ির ভেতরে উনুন বা আগুন থেকে নির্গত ধোঁয়া বেরোনোর পথ…
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komín…
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cerobong…
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ปล่องไฟ…
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ống khói…
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komin…
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camino, ciminiera…
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