chimney - a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a buildingchimneystack - the part of the chimney that is above the roof; usually has several flues damper - a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" flue - a conduit to carry off smoke smokestack, stack - a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated stovepipe - chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue |