Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a chimney, especially in shape

Etymologies

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chimney +‎ -like

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Examples

  • At the top of each tower was a chimneylike opening in which bubbled a level pool of lava.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • THE FIRST tower vomited a bubbling gout of glowing-hot lava from its chimneylike peak, lava that immediately began to ooze down the zigzagging channels carved into its sides.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • At the top of each tower was a chimneylike opening in which bubbled a level pool of lava.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • We filled it with several bales of straw, and when the pigs were all cuddled up inside it was cozy, steam rising out of the chimneylike hole in the top.

    The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

  • THE FIRST tower vomited a bubbling gout of glowing-hot lava from its chimneylike peak, lava that immediately began to ooze down the zigzagging channels carved into its sides.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • THE FIRST tower vomited a bubbling gout of glowing-hot lava from its chimneylike peak, lava that immediately began to ooze down the zigzagging channels carved into its sides.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • At the top of each tower was a chimneylike opening in which bubbled a level pool of lava.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • She looked at the tiny chimneylike space she was wedged in.

    The Wizard Of Karres Lackey, Mercedes 2004

  • But there were any number of the chimneylike skylights and odd towers sprouting from the top of the castle.

    The Wizard Of Karres Lackey, Mercedes 2004

  • There was a narrow chimneylike opening in one corner of the ceiling.

    The Wizard Of Karres Lackey, Mercedes 2004

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