chimney

Fireplace's vertical exhaust

A chimney is a vertical structure that channels smoke and gases from a fire or furnace up and out of a building.

By extension, chimney applies to any similar passage—a volcanic chimney, a glass chimney around a lamp flame, or a narrow vertical cleft in rock that climbers ascend by bracing against opposite walls.

Smoke poured from the chimney.

structure

flue

Chimney's inner passage

cap · liner · damper · crown · flashing · mortar · roofline · cowl · firebox · smokestack

smoke

plume

Ornamental feather or rising column

  • sootCarbon from incomplete burning
  • emissionDischarged substance or act
  • draftPreliminary version of text

draw · updraft · billowing · curling · wisp · woodsmoke · smoldering · belching · venting · escape

sweep

soot

Carbon from incomplete burning

child labor · Mary Poppins · Dick Van Dyke · top hat · lucky · creosote · rods · inspection · cleaning · blockage

fireplace

mantel

Decorative hearth shelf

grate · poker · fireside · stockings · Santa · warmth · coziness · blaze · flames · crackle

industrial

smokestack

Industrial exhaust column

  • factoryIndustrial production facility
  • millGrain-crushing facility
  • furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure

kiln · power plant · cooling tower · boiler · incinerator · smelter · foundry · refinery · pollution · emissions

architecture

dormer

Projecting rooftop window structure

rooftop · turret · cupola · belvedere · skyline · ridgeline · slate · thatch · shingles · Tudor

climbing

couloir

Steep mountain gully

  • crackNarrow break or attempt
  • gullyChannel carved by flowing water
  • stemmingRoot-form reduction process

friction · squeeze · vertical · slot · narrow · ascent · technical · rope · protection · chockstone

wintry

snow-capped

Topped with frozen precipitation

heating · cozy · cold weather · snowdrift · frozen · winter scene · holiday · Christmas

Categories
Opposites
air flow direction

chimneyair intake

Engine's atmosphere entry point

intake vent

thermal function

chimneyair conditioner

Mechanical cooling system

cooling vent

exhaust vs. intake function

chimneyinlet

Water extending into land

acquisition

Phrases
Family

chimneys, chimney effect, chimneypots, chimneypot, chimneypiece, chimney flue, chimney stack, chimney pot, chimney sweep

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G