chimney
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and…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.
» Smoke was rising from the chimney.
Aus dem Schornstein stieg Rauch auf.
Из трубы поднимался дым.
Meaning
6 sensesA 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.
Kamin, Esse, Schlot
труба́trubá, дымохо́дdymoxód, дымова́я труба́dymovája trubá
димова́ труба́dymová trubá, димохі́дdymoxíd, дима́рdymár
The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
Kamin
ла́мповое стекло́lámpovoje stekló
a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp
(UK)The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
Schlot
труба́trubá
A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
Spalte, Schlot
расще́линаrasščélina
(euphemistic, vulgar)A vagina.
(Northern Ireland, slang)A black eye; a shiner.
Examples
103 sentencesSmoke was rising from the chimney.
ruИз трубы поднимался дым. — marafon
deAus dem Schornstein stieg Rauch auf. — xtofu80
Smoke is rising from the chimney.
ruИз дымохода поднимается дым. — Ivanovb
deAus dem Schornstein kommt Rauch. — Manfredo
The chimney is made of brick.
ruДымоход сделан из кирпича. — marafon
deDer Schornstein besteht aus Ziegelsteinen. — al_ex_an_der
This chimney is made of brick.
ruЭтот дымоход сложен из кирпича. — Selena777
Smoke poured out of the chimney.
deRauch quoll aus dem Schornstein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English chymeneye, chymneye, chymene, from Old French cheminee, from Late LatiFrom Middle English chymeneye, chymneye, chymene, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta, from Latin camīnus, from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos, “furnace”). Doublet of chimenea.
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Forms
plural: chimneysSynonyms
2 synonyms- a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp:lamp chimney