Origin: 1200-1300 Old French cheminée, from Latin caminus fireplace, from Greek kaminos
1 a pipe inside a building for smoke from a fire to go out through the roof: Smoke drifted from a chimney.2earth science a narrow opening in tall rocks or cliffs that you can climb up3the glass cover that is put over the flame in an oil lamp [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French cheminée, from Latin caminus fireplace, from Greek kaminos]