Plural of chimney
regular plural
The plural of chimney is chimneys.
Forms of chimney
| Singular | chimney /ˈt͡ʃɪmni/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | chimneys |
| Countable | countable |
Chimneys in a sentence
- Every morning she cleaned the carbon from the lamp chimneys.From the entry carbon
- The wispy smoke rose from chimneys all around town.From the entry wispy
- The train crawled through an unlovely smokescape of towering chimneys and squatting kilns.2017, Jonathan Tulloch, Larkinland. From the entry smokescape
- There are domes, spires, bell towers and chimneys of various heights and shapes, but no shot tower.2015, David Attwell, J. M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing: Face to Face with Time, →ISBN. From the entry shot tower
- They had caved-in roofs and tile chimneys broke off and all smashed windows.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 77. From the entry backcourt
Meaning of chimney
- 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.
- noun The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
- noun The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
Questions about the plural of chimney
- What is the plural of chimney?
- The plural of chimney is chimneys.
- Is chimney countable?
- Chimney is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chimney (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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