chimney
BrE /ˈtʃɪmniː/ AmE /ˈtʃɪmni/
noun en → es
a tall, narrow structure on the roof of a building that allows smoke from a fire to escape outside
chimenea, tubo de chimenea
Collocations brick chimney · smoke coming out of the chimney
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The smoke from the fire went up the chimney.
El humo de la chimenea subió por el tubo.
used to refer to a person or thing that is the source of something bad, such as criticism or trouble
fuente de problemas, origen de críticas
Collocations chimney of criticism · source of problems
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He's the chimney of all the trouble in this company.
Él es la fuente de todos los problemas en esta empresa.