Meaning & use
chimney
A vertical structure on a building that carries smoke and gases away from a fire or furnace.
See it in a sentence
Smoke curled steadily from the cottage chimney on the cold winter evening.
The chimney needed sweeping before we could safely light the first fire of the season.
A note on using this word
"Chimney" is used for houses, while "smokestack" more often describes the taller structures on factories or ships.
Words with a similar meaning
fluesmokestack
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