Audio English.net » Dictionary » C » Chimney Breast ... Chinese Lantern Plant

CHIMNEYSWEEP

Dictionary entry overview: What does chimneysweep mean?

• CHIMNEYSWEEP (noun)
The noun CHIMNEYSWEEP has 1 sense:

1. someone who cleans soot from chimneys

Familiarity information: CHIMNEYSWEEP used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CHIMNEYSWEEP (noun)

Sense 1

chimneysweep ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Someone who cleans soot from chimneys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

chimneysweep; chimneysweeper; sweep

Hypernyms ("chimneysweep" is a kind of...):

cleaner (someone whose occupation is cleaning)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"Don't make a mountain out of a molehill." (English proverb)

"Good fences make good neighbors." (Robert Frost)

"If you see the fangs of the lions, don't think the lion is smiling." (Almotanabbi)

"The pen is mightier than the sword." (Dutch proverb)

Page delivered in 0.0218 seconds