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chiminea

chiminea is the alternative spelling of chimenea.

Meaning of chimenea

Noun

chimenea (plural chimeneas)

  1. A Mexican outdoor oven with bulbous body and usually a vertical smoke vent or chimney.
    • Time was when every smart urban patio was equipped with one of those gas-burning heaters of the type found outside London cafés. In this age of sensitivity to global warming we've come to be wary of them […], but somehow those strange little chimineas seem to have warmed the hearts of the nation....2015 April 3, Alan Titchmarsh, “Why you should get outdoors this Easter: A garden should be a joy so embrace guilty pleasures from hot tubs to fire pits this spring [print version: Guilty pleasures...

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Forms of chiminea

pluralchimineas

Questions about chiminea

What is chiminea the alternative spelling of?
Chiminea is the alternative spelling of chimenea.

Words near chiminea in the dictionary

  1. chimick
  2. Chimila
  3. Chimilas
  4. chiminage
  5. chiminages
  6. chiminea
  7. chimineas
  8. chiming
  9. chiming in
  10. chiming up
  11. chimingly

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