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Uncommonchimney
The correct spelling is chimney.
How to pronounce chimney
/tʃɪmni/
nounIPA: /tʃɪmni/
Say it like: Chi-mnee
The correct spelling is chimney. A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydrocarbon based…
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydrocarbon based fuels); a flue.
- 2.The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
- 3.The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
- 4.A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
verb
- 1.To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
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