Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large chimney or vertical pipe through which combustion vapors, gases, and smoke are discharged.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being firms, industries, or places involved in heavy manufacturing or in the processing of materials.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pipe, usually of sheet-iron, through which the smoke and gases of combustion from a steam-boiler are discharged into the open air. See cut under
passenger-engine .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
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Examples
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The actual exhaust emissions come from the smokestack, which is the tall skinny tower.
Think Progress » Fox News: ‘Al Gore’s Global Warming Movie: Could It Destroy Our Economy?’ 2006
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The actual exhaust emissions come from the smokestack, which is the tall skinny tower.
Think Progress » Drudge Blows It: Latest Attack On Gore’s Global Warming Stance Falls Flat 2006
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The actual exhaust emissions come from the smokestack, which is the tall skinny tower.
Think Progress » Drudge Blows It: Latest Attack On Gore’s Global Warming Stance Falls Flat 2006
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Comments filed with the state Department of Environmental Conservation by the group Community Advocates for Safe Emissions also called for continuous mercury emissions testing on the plant's smokestack, which is along Route 9W across from the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk middle and high schools.
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To the right of the hospital is a tall smokestack, which is 1802 Hays Street (in the Presidio).
futureofthebook.com 2009
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The smokestack is the final leg of the nearly nine-month demolition job that was overseen by state environmental inspectors.
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This power plant was built in 1971 and at that time the smokestack was the highest in the world but that claim to fame has now been superceded and although it is
Quazen 2009
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The Dow, then made up of 12 "smokestack" companies, made its debut on May 26, 1896.
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Wait, Stack as in "smokestack" as in smokestacks on the moon?
Drudge Retort AMERICAN1ST 2010
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MZG is based on an index composed of companies in "smokestack" industries that process raw materials into physical goods that are sold into industrial and consumer markets.
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