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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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
See all Example Sentences for smokestack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smokestack
Noun
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These allow the stove’s chimney to pass through the tent without damaging the fabric.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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The Outdoors Gaps around windows, your front door, and your chimney provide an opportunity for outdoor pollutants to sneak in.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2024
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In back, a pipe is leaking, damaged when the wall supporting a heater was torn out.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Now, a team of engineers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) in Australia have invented a protective coating for concrete pipes that could help reduce the number of fatbergs that form in sewers.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 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 25 Nov. 2024.
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