chimney stack
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The birds had pecked hundreds of holes on the chimney stack, where Castro said he believes they stashed and snacked on acorns for two to five years.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pushed the button to ignite 700kg of explosives, bringing down the chimney stack.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2021
“Literally, there’s an occasional chimney stack as a kind of exclamation point to the fact that the town is completely gone.”
From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2021
Florida Power & Light imploded the towering chimney stack of its last coal-fired generating plant on Wednesday, a milestone in its transition to cleaner energy sources.
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021
In the distance, beyond another long row of barracks, Hannah could see a single strand of smoke rising against the bright spring sky, curling endlessly out of a tall chimney stack.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
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