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downtake

American

[doun-teyk] / ˈdaʊnˌteɪk /

noun

a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like downward from a furnace, opening, etc.

Etymology

Origin of downtake

down ¹ + take

Example Sentences

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For handling different grades of coal, distributing conveyors are arranged underneath the bunkers for delivering the coal from a particular bunker through gates to the downtake hoppers in front of the boilers, as hereafter described.

From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous

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