chimney
chim·ney [chimney chimneys] BrE [ˈtʃɪmni] NAmE [ˈtʃɪmni] noun
1. a structure through which smoke or steam is carried up away from a fire, etc. and through the roof of a building; the part of this that is above the roof
•He threw a bit of paper onto the fire and it flew up the chimney.
•the factory chimneys of an industrial landscape 
2. (technical)a narrow opening in an area of rock that a person can climb up
Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a fireplace or furnace): from Old French cheminee ‘chimney, fireplace’, from late Latin caminata, perhaps from camera caminata ‘room with a fireplace’, from Latin caminus ‘forge, furnace’, from Greek kaminos ‘oven’.
Example Bank:
•This chimney doesn't draw very well.
•factory chimneys belching smoke over the town
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