as in chimney
a tall vertical structure (as on a factory, ship, etc.) for carrying smoke away
The skyline of the old factory town is dotted with smokestacks.
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Recent Examples of smokestack
The administration is shredding the E.P.A.’s staff and budget and wants to revoke its two most powerful climate regulations: limits on pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks.
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David Gelles, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Many people have their phones pointed at the smokestack, already recording, eager to capture a moment in history.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
Traditional Tibetan motifs of clouds and waves are here peppered with industrial spills and smokestacks.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Smoke leaked out from Thomas’ face-plate instead of his smokestack, and radio control devices that operated the locomotives frequently malfunctioned.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
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David Gelles, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Many people have their phones pointed at the smokestack, already recording, eager to capture a moment in history.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
Traditional Tibetan motifs of clouds and waves are here peppered with industrial spills and smokestacks.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Smoke leaked out from Thomas’ face-plate instead of his smokestack, and radio control devices that operated the locomotives frequently malfunctioned.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for smokestack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smokestack
Noun
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Black or white smoke bellowing from a Sistine Chapel chimney represents the cardinals' voting decisions for the day.—
Chris Sims,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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Smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney represents where the decision process is for selecting the next Pope.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Back in 2001, some anthropologists got permission from a museum to borrow twenty-four clay pipe fragments that had been dug up in the small town of Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare used to live.—
Sam Kelly
July 8,
Literary Hub,
8 July 2025
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This suburban Milwaukee community is increasing its water rate by 22% South Milwaukee’s water rates are increasing by about 22% to recover costs of multiple construction projects, including lead pipe replacements.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Countertops and tiles often come to mind when people think of recycled glass, but there are many other uses.—
LEW SICHELMAN,
Miami Herald,
10 July 2025
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With four different brush heads this tool can tackle grout, tile and all of the dirty crevices in your bathroom.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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This is because that process requires a substantial amount of energy to heat, cool, and pump solvents that absorb CO2 from the flue gases.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Dec. 2017
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The four-story house was built into a hillside and featured concrete walls, gabled tile roofs, balustrade terraces, arched portico and a chimney with six flues, the city of Capitola wrote in an application seeking to include the building on the National Register of Historic Places.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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“Smokestack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smokestack. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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