CHIMNEY
Dictionary entry overview: What does chimney mean?
• CHIMNEY (noun)
The noun CHIMNEY has 2 senses:
1. a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
2. a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp
Familiarity information: CHIMNEY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHIMNEY (noun)
Meaning:
A vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("chimney" is a kind of...):
flue (a conduit to carry off smoke)
Meronyms (parts of "chimney"):
chimneystack (the part of the chimney that is above the roof; usually has several flues)
damper (a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace)
fireplace; hearth; open fireplace (an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chimney"):
smokestack; stack (a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated)
stovepipe (chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue)
Meaning:
A glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
lamp chimney; chimney
Hypernyms ("chimney" is a kind of...):
flue (a conduit to carry off smoke)
Holonyms ("chimney" is a part of...):
kerosene lamp; kerosine lamp; oil lamp (a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light)
