chim´ney|less

chim|ney «CHIHM nee», noun, plural -neys.

1. an upright structure, usually of brick or stone, connected with a fireplace, furnace, or stove to make a draft and carry away smoke: »

Her house has two chimneys.

SYNONYM(S): smokestack.

2. the part of this that rises above the roof: »

Only chimneys, masts and ventilator stacks could then be seen [above the snow] (K. D. Wadsworth).

3. a glass tube placed around the flame of a kerosene lamp or candle.

4. the funnel which carries off smoke or steam from a locomotive engine or the like. SYNONYM(S): flue¹.

5. a crack or opening in a rock, mountain, volcano, or other natural fissure. SYNONYM(S): cleft.

6. a steep, very narrow gorge or gully; couloir.

7. Dialect. a fireplace or hearth.

╂[< Middle French cheminée < Late Latin camīnāta < Latin, ovenlike < caminus oven, furnace < Greek kámīnos]

–chim´ney|less, adjective.