Used in a Sentence

chimney

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for chimney.

Editorial note

There is also the matter of efficient burning, wet coal means a chimney lined with soot.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of chimney gathered in one view.

noun

The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.

noun

A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.

noun

(British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chimney.

noun

The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.

noun

A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.

noun

(British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.

noun

(vulgar, euphemistic) A vagina.

Example sentences

1

There is also the matter of efficient burning, wet coal means a chimney lined with soot.

2

This means that just telling the people you meet that you are available as a chimney sweep might result in work.

3

If you leave the fan running I think all the airflow is in and up the chimney.

4

This means that efforts marketing should be targeted at people who hire chimney sweeps.

5

Stick a steak in that and it will get sucked though the boiler tubes and out the chimney.

6

But then again, a good chimney draws a lot of heat straight up and out of the property.

7

After reading the article, the talmudic joke about two men falling down the chimney sprung to mind.

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They passed a variety of clean air acts to prevent burning coal within certain boundaries and raise chimney heights.

9

We had a chimney to take care of the smoke and the air draughted in was clean, 'country' air.

10

That's the thing, our jobs are already super easy and super low-risk compared to the chimney sweeps of yester year.

11

Even with a chimney, an open fireplace is very dangerous because open fireplaces do not burn hot enough to burn cleanly.

12

In the clearing was old a house with smoke rising from stone the chimney.

Quote examples

1

I actually thought of "stone chimney" as a compound noun instead of adjective + noun when I wrote it, precisely because I wanted to mock that and really hammer home the point.

2

Why I pulled my son out of school to learn chimney sweeping "He thinks it's great, like getting to climb a climbing frame all the time; that's all he liked doing in school anyway."

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use chimney in a sentence?

There is also the matter of efficient burning, wet coal means a chimney lined with soot.

What does chimney mean?

The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.

What part of speech is chimney?

chimney is commonly used as noun.