offtake

[ awf-teyk, of- ]

noun

a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like, to an uptake or downtake.

Origin of offtake

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First recorded in 1870–75; after verb phrase take off

Words Nearby offtake

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How to use offtake in a sentence

Liquified gas is removed from the canister with a long offtake tube that runs up the length of the torch.
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The cliff rose above them, a wall broken here and there by the offtake of narrow ravines, filled with forest trees.
Long Live the King | Mary Roberts Rinehart

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