smokestack
IPA: smˈoʊkstæk
noun
- A conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out, as on a steam locomotive, ship, factory, or power plant using fossil fuels.
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Examples of "smokestack" in Sentences
- Wait, Stack as in "smokestack" as in smokestacks on the moon?
- The Dow, then made up of 12 "smokestack" companies, made its debut on May 26, 1896.
- The actual exhaust emissions come from the smokestack, which is the tall skinny tower.
- To the right of the hospital is a tall smokestack, which is 1802 Hays Street (in the Presidio).
- The smokestack is the final leg of the nearly nine-month demolition job that was overseen by state environmental inspectors.
- 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was built in 1971 and at that time the smokestack was the highest in the world but that claim to fame has now been superceded and although it is
- 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.
- 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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