(えんとつ)

えんとつ
noun
chimney, smokestack
1. chimney
A vertical structure for venting smoke.
Smoke is coming out of the chimney.
煙突(えんとつ)掃除(そうじ)する
To clean the chimney.
{サンタクロース}煙突(えんとつ)から(はい)
Santa Claus enters through the chimney.
煙突(えんとつ)ある(いえ)
A house with a chimney.
煙突(えんとつ)()まっている
The chimney is clogged.
2. smokestack
A tall chimney on a factory or ship.
工場(こうじょう)煙突(えんとつ)
A factory smokestack.
Smoke comes from the ship's smokestack.
A tall smokestack towers above.
発電所(はつでんしょ)煙突(えんとつ)
A power plant smokestack.
Black smoke is coming from the smokestack.

煙突(えんとつ) refers to a chimney or smokestack.

WORD STRUCTURE:
(えん) (smoke) + (とつ) (protrude) - a structure that protrudes for smoke.

TWO CONTEXTS:
1. Residential: chimney on a house (with fireplace/stove)
2. Industrial: smokestack on factory, ship, power plant

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CULTURAL NOTE:
In Japan, {サンタクロース} (Santa Claus) is said to enter through the chimney, as in Western tradition.