chimney
noun
Simple meaning
A glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
chimneeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtʃɪmni
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp
british
The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
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.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp
Used this way, chimney is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use chimney
- “Smoke curled gracefully out of the chimney, indicating a warm fire inside.”noun
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