as in chimney
a tall vertical structure (as on a factory, ship, etc.) for carrying smoke away
The skyline of the old factory town is dotted with smokestacks.
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Recent Examples of smokestack
Its smokestacks emitted around 10.5 million tons of planet-warming pollution in 2022 alone, the equivalent of over 2 million cars spewing emissions in a year.
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Ella Nilsen, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
This part of Memphis, Tenn., is known for its factories and smokestacks.
—Dara Kerr, NPR, 2 July 2024
The brewery will take up 9,000 square feet in the historic power plant building in the ATC, located between the development's iconic water tower and smokestack.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
Metal bolts carry the weight of towering smokestacks and command centers in a humbling display of strength.
—Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smokestack
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Architecturally, Crowley wanted to use different styles of thatch with big chimneys and colorful and intricately dyed tulip carvings.Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 23 Nov. 2024
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All of those parts, plus the chimney sections, pack inside the stove for transportation.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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Info about pipe materials wasn't available for about 120,000 customers, SWBNO said last month.Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
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Just minutes later, another man reported that a suspect had struck him in the head with a metal pipe and robbed him.Landon Mion, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
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Outside, the home presents roofing composed of tiles materials.Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Even the bathrooms—lavishly stocked with Aesop products of every variety to enjoy in your enormous, high-pressure shower—are a thing of beauty, clad in salmon-pink tiles and decorated with sleek circular mirrors.Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
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Worn or poorly adjusted and maintained combustion devices (e.g., boilers, furnaces) can be significant sources, or if the flue is improperly sized, blocked, disconnected, or is leaking.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 11 June 2024
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Catch up quick: Capturing the carbon from the flues of plants, like gas, coal and ethanol, and storing it underground (called CCS) has long been technically but not economically feasible, and in development.Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Smokestack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smokestack. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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