0 a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a building to escape to the air outside -- 烟囱；烟道
1 a narrow vertical passage in the rock of a cliff or mountain, through which a person can climb -- （可容一人攀登的）岩石狭缝，一线天
It can be dangerous to let too much soot accumulate inside a chimney.
The chimney was made of bricks.
In the industrialized areas the atmosphere is polluted by smoke from domestic and factory chimneys and gaseous effluent from a wide variety of factories, motor vehicles and diesel locomotives.
Their sums are connected with the price of soot and the price of sweeping chimneys.
The smoke from the high chimneys pours out over the terraced houses, as it has poured out for a hundred years.
