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chimney
1. A passage through which smoke and gases escape from a fire or a furnace; a flue.
2. A hollow vertical structure, usually made of brick or steel, that allows gas, smoke, or steam from a fire or a furnace to escape into the atmosphere.
3. A part of a volcano or an oceanic ridge through which magma percolates, adding to the precipitated mineral matter that has accumulated.
4. A narrow vertical cleft in a rock face that is large enough for a climber to get inside and to utilize for climbing higher.
5. A passage or pipe inside a chimney through which smoke or steam escapes.
6. A tube, usually made of glass, used to enclose the flame of a lantern with the purpose of providing better illumination and preventing wind drafts from interfering with the light that is coming from the burning wick.
7. Etymology: from the late 13th century Old French cheminee, "fire place" and from Modern French cheminée, which came from Late Latin caminata, camera, "fireplace, room with a fireplace" which came from Latin caminatus, an adjective form of caminus, "hearth, oven, flue"; from Greek kaminos, "furnace, oven".
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Word Entries containing the term: “chimney
chimney breast, chimney breasts
1. A part of a wall which extends out into a room to cover a chimney.
2. A projecting section of an interior wall surrounding a chimney or fireplace.
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chimney corner
A recessed seat, beside or within a large old-fashioned open fireplace.
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chimney pot
A short earthenware or metal pipe placed on the top of a chimney in order to increase the draft.
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chimney stack
A tall, often cylindrical, chimney attached to a factory or other large industrial building.
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chimney sweep
Someone who cleans the insides of chimneys by removing the soot from those chimneys.
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solar chimney
A power generating facility that converts solar radiation into the kinetic energy of moving air, which is then transformed into electricity by a turbine.

A collector is covered by a transparent glazing that heats up the air mass inside it; buoyancy then drives the warmer air into the chimney, where it drives a turbine.

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