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How to pronounce “chimney”

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Pronunciation guide for chimney

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of chimney with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Fossil fuel companies know how to stop global warming. Why don't they?from the chimney of a power station, or blast furnace, or refinery.
Definition summary
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.

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How to pronounce chimney

Fossil fuel companies know how to stop global warming. Why don't they?

from the chimney of a power station, or blast furnace, or refinery.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “chimney”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • 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.
  • The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
  • (British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
  • A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
  • (vulgar, euphemistic) A vagina.
  • (Northern Ireland, slang) A black eye; a shiner.
  • [Verb]
  • (climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.

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