Collocations for "chimney"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "chimney" in context.
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chimney
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- Santa (Claus) comes down the chimney
- smoke billowed out of the chimney
- a [tall, brick, stone] chimney
- clean (out) the chimney
- the [factory, plant] chimneys
- put a chimney around the [candle, wick]
- the [mountain, rock] climbers had to chimney their way up (to)
- the [mountain] climber chimneyed [up, down] to
- the climber is learning to chimney
- had to chimney (in order) to reach the [bottom, top]
'chimney' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):