chimenea

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/tʃɪməˈneɪ.ə/

noun

A Mexican outdoor oven with bulbous body and usually a vertical smoke vent or chimney.

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Meanings

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nounchimenea (plural chimeneas)

plural chimeneas · alternative chiminea

  1. A Mexican outdoor oven with bulbous body and usually a vertical smoke vent or chimney.
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    Time was when every smart urban patio was equipped with one of those gas-burning heaters of the type found outside London cafés. In this age of sensitivity to global warming we've come to be wary of them […], but somehow those strange little chimineas seem to have warmed the hearts of the nation. I've always found them a bit odd looking – like something from The Hobbit – and you do need to position them where they can do their job without endangering life, limb and property.

    2015 April 3, Alan Titchmarsh, “Why you should get outdoors this Easter: A garden should be a joy so embrace guilty pleasures from hot tubs to fire pits this spring [print version: Guilty pleasures of outdoor living, 4 April 2015, p. G3]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)

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Origin

  1. Frenchcheminée
  2. Spanishchimenea
  3. Englishchimenea

From Spanish chimenea, from French cheminée. Doublet of chimney.

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APA

chimenea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimenea

MLA

“chimenea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimenea. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chimenea,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimenea.

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