a chimney / a fireplace or hearth / a vertical vent, exhaust or gallery / a hole at the centre of some models of parachute / the glass tube protecting the flame of a kerosene or similar wick lamp / a vertical vacuum forming in a gasifier / a type of welding fault / the exhaust of a volcano / a vertical mineral vein / large pipe containing ropes that serves to control theater backdrops

(simile) Be a heavy smoker; smoke like a chimney

plural of cheminée