chimney

US: /ˈtʃɪmni/
UK: /t‍ʃˈɪmni/


English Vietnamese dictionary


chimney /'tʃimni/
  • danh từ
    • ống khói
    • lò sưởi
    • thông phong đèn, bóng đèn
    • miệng (núi lửa)
    • khe núi, hẽm (núi)

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 a structure through which smoke or steam is carried up away from a fire, etc. and through the roof of a building; the part of this that is above the roof: He threw the paper onto the fire and it flew up the chimney. + the factory chimneys of an industrial landscape
2 (technical) a narrow opening in an area of rock that a person can climb up

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

high, tall | short | narrow, wide | tapering | smoking
The air was black from smoking chimneys.
| sooty | factory, industrial

VERB + CHIMNEY

clean, sweep

CHIMNEY + VERB

belch sth
factory chimneys belching smoke over the town
| draw
This chimney doesn't draw very well.

CHIMNEY + NOUN

breast, flue, piece, pot, stack | sweep


Concise English dictionary


chimneys'tʃɪmnɪ
noun
+a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
+a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp