plural chimneys
2
: a vertical structure incorporated into a building and enclosing a flue or flues that carry off smoke
especially
: the part of such a structure extending above a roof
3
4
: a tube usually of glass placed around a flame (as of a lamp)
5
: something resembling a chimney: such as
a
: a narrow cleft or passage in rock
b
: a tall column of rock on the ocean floor that is formed by the precipitation of minerals from superheated water issuing from a hydrothermal vent and rising through the column of rock
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The brick chimney, with the herringbone pattern that Justin had designed, still stood.
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Billy Witz, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Only solitary chimneys and askew mailboxes survive to distinguish one property from another.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
But the home on the other side — and the one next to it, and the one next to that and the one next to that one — are all gone, with little more than brick chimneys or the torched lump of metal from what used to be a car left behind.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Only a few wrought iron fences and chimneys remained standing.
—Matteo Moschella, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Billy Witz, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Only solitary chimneys and askew mailboxes survive to distinguish one property from another.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
But the home on the other side — and the one next to it, and the one next to that and the one next to that one — are all gone, with little more than brick chimneys or the torched lump of metal from what used to be a car left behind.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Only a few wrought iron fences and chimneys remained standing.
—Matteo Moschella, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Chimney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chimney. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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chimney
noun
chim·ney
ˈchim-nē 
plural chimneys
1
: a vertical structure extending above the roof of a building for carrying off smoke
2
: a tube usually of glass around a flame (as of a lamp)
3
: something resembling a chimney
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