chimney

BrE /ˈtʃɪmniː/ AmE /ˈtʃɪmni/

noun en → es

1 STRUCTURE [singular] B1

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

  • The smoke from the fire went up the chimney.

    El humo de la chimenea subió por el tubo.

2 METAPHOR [singular] C1

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

  • He's the chimney of all the trouble in this company.

    Él es la fuente de todos los problemas en esta empresa.