Synonyms for chimney
ˈtʃɪm nichim·ney

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1. chimneynoun

   a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building

   Synonyms:
   lamp chimney

2. lamp chimney, chimneynoun

   a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp

   Synonyms:
   lamp chimney

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1. • Flue

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. chimneynoun

   Associated words:
   cowl, flue, hoveling, smoke jack, chimney-breast, tewel

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1. List of paraphrases for "chimney":

   fireplace, mantelpiece, stack, mantel, flue, mantle, funnel, hearth, fireman, firefighter

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1. James Burke:

   Courtly love-poetry may first have been written during long periods of abstinence on the Crusades, but it would not have flourished in the cold of northern Europe without some help from the chimney.

2. Assyrian Proverb:

   You can not write in the chimney with charcoal.

3. Josh Morris:

   The goal is to try and find the chimney, drill some bolts, put some ropes in and rappel down into different chimneys to wiggle down into the cave maze to see if we can get to the main passage, the key is finding the right hole. If you find the right hole it may not take very long. It's just whether you can find the right hole because they are all over the hillside.

4. Vincent Van Gogh:

   One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.

5. Philip Sidney:

   With a tale, for sooth, he comet unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.