smokestack

[ smohk-stak ]

/ ˈsmoʊkˌstæk /

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noun

Also called stack. a pipe for the escape of the smoke or gases of combustion, as on a steamboat, locomotive, or building.

adjective

pertaining to, engaged in, or dependent on a basic heavy industry, as steel or automaking: smokestack companies.

Nearby words

smoker, smoker's cough, smoker's patch, smoker's tongue, smokerlyzer, smokestack, smokestack industry, smokey, smoking car, smoking gun, smoking jacket

Origin of smokestack

First recorded in 1855–60; smoke + stack

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Examples from the Web for smokestack

Americans learned to look at a smokestack and see dying trees and fish downwind.
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Poison comes out of a smokestack and, downwind, birds fall from the sky.
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The air coming out of the smokestack will be much hotter; and that extra heat is lost.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson
Jack explained, lamely, that he had gripped the smokestack and kicked the lantern with his feet.
Indian and Scout|F. S. Brereton

The place was depopulated and the smokestack stood as a monument to blighted hopes.
The Main Chance|Meredith Nicholson
Through a glass we saw three men on the roof of the craft—then they clung to the smokestack.
A Woman who went to Alaska|May Kellogg Sullivan
They could barely see the top of the smokestack of the pusher a few feet away.
Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp|Alice B. Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for smokestack

smokestack

/ (ˈsməʊkˌstæk) /

noun

a tall chimney that conveys smoke into the airSometimes shortened to: stack

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