chimney swallow

1. 1.

   American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys

   Synonymschimney swiftChateura pelagica

   Broaderswift

   Part ofChateura
2. 2.

   common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.

   Synonymsbarn swallowHirundo rustica

   Broaderswallow

   Part ofHirundo

Questions about chimney swallow

What does chimney swallow mean?

chimney swallow means "American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for chimney swallow?

Close synonyms include chimney swift, Chateura pelagica, barn swallow, Hirundo rustica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chimney swallow a common word?

chimney swallow is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.