# chimney

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃɪmni/ · frequency rank #13,882

## Definitions
1. A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
2. The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
3. The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
4. A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
5. A vagina.
6. A black eye; a shiner.

## Etymology
From Middle English chymeneye, chymneye, chymene, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta, from Latin camīnus, from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos, “furnace”). Doublet of chimenea.

## Easily confused with
- **chutney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chimney-vs-chutney)
- **chime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chime-vs-chimney)
- **Cheney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheney-vs-chimney)
- **chimes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chimes-vs-chimney)
- **Chaney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaney-vs-chimney)
- **chimed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chimed-vs-chimney)
- **Chesney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chesney-vs-chimney)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cchimney`, `chhimney`, `chimeny`, `chimmney`, `chimneyy`, `chimnney`, `chimnye`, `chinmey`, `chminey`, `cihmney`, `hcimney`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chimney