chimney
nounUK /ˈtʃɪmni/
US /ˈtʃɪmni/
A chimney is a tall pipe on a roof that lets smoke out of a house.
Smoke was coming out of the chimney.
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2. A narrow vertical passage in rock for gas or water.
The climbers squeezed through a chimney in the cliff.
3. A glass tube around the flame of an oil lamp.
He cleaned the soot from the lamp's chimney.
4. A column of rock standing in the sea.
Waves crashed against the sea chimney.