chimney

Pluralchimneys

Formschimneys, chimneying, chimneyed

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   smoke pipe (building)nouncountable

   A tall pipe that carries smoke from a fire or furnace up and out into the air.

   Smoke curled out of the chimney on the cold morning.

   You could see the old factory chimneys from miles away.

   Similarsmokestack, flue, stack

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   rock cracknouncountable

   A narrow gap in a wall of rock, or a narrow passage that goes straight up or down in a cave.

   The climbers squeezed up a chimney between two huge rocks.

   The cavers dropped a rope down the chimney to the lower cave.

   Similarcleft, crack, fissure, shaft

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   lamp glassnouncountable

   The glass cover that fits around the flame in an oil lamp.

   She lifted the glass chimney to light the lamp.

   The chimney of the old lamp was black with soot.

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   smoke pipe (train)nounBritishcountable

   The tall pipe on top of a steam train engine that lets out smoke.

   The steam train's chimney puffed out big clouds of smoke.

   The children waved as smoke rose from the engine's chimney.

   Similarsmokestack, funnel, stack

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   climb (rock)verbintransitive

   To climb a narrow gap in a cave or rock by pushing your back, feet and hands against the sides.

   We had to chimney up the last part of the cave to reach the way out.

   She chimneyed slowly, with her back on one wall and her feet on the other.

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   black eyenounslangNorthern Irelandcountable

   A dark, bruised eye that you get after being hit.

   He came into school on Monday with a big chimney after the fight.

   Where did you get that chimney, wee man?

   Similarshiner

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   vaginanounvulgareuphemisticcountable

   A rude slang word for the vagina.

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