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# chimney

noun (a chimney, chimneys)

«chimney» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A chimney is a tall pipe or structure that carries smoke and hot gases from a fire or stove up and out through the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimney/#m1)
2. A chimney is also the part of it that sticks up above the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimney/#m2)

### In the lessons

In houses with fireplaces, smoke goes up the chimney; in stories Father Christmas comes down the chimney, and factories have tall chimneys. In science and safety: chimneys must be cleaned, because soot can catch fire. Phrases: chimney sweep, smoke from the chimney, smoke like a chimney, chimney pot.

### Examples

- Smoke rose from the chimney of the little cottage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimney/#x1)
- In the story, Santa slid down the chimney. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimney/#x2)
- A bird built a nest on top of the chimney. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimney/#x3)
- The chimney sweep cleaned out the black soot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimney/#x4)
- The factory had two tall brick chimneys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimney/#x5)
- Grandpa used to smoke like a chimney, but he stopped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimney/#x6)
- We could see chimneys on every roof in the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimney/#x7)
- All the chimneys in the town were smoking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimney/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a chimney, chimneys (just add «s», because the y follows a vowel). Trap: it is spelt «chimney», and people sometimes wrongly say «chimbley» or «chimley».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chimney» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chimney/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chimney» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chimney.html) on Mova free.