chimney stack

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Recent Examples of chimney stack As logs burn down, their embers are moved from the central chimney stack to a structure of flattops and grates. Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 23 July 2026 Two enormous chimney stacks, about 5050 feet tall, in the Liddell coal power plant came crashing down last month. Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 9 June 2026 The starter home of William and Middleton features white stone walls and a slate roof with a trio of chimney stacks. Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 2 Feb. 2026 Walls that catch a lot of rain, chimney stacks, and windows are all common entry points for water. Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimney stack
Noun
  • The disaster destroyed homes, triggered an explosion at a mall and caused a factory chimney to collapse.
    CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, a search operation had ended at a Nippon Paper Industries factory in the Yatsushiro area where a chimney collapsed in the quake, Kihara said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • Ray is also an alcoholic, hiding bottles in a toilet tank, an attic, a fireplace flue, even filling a soda bottle with booze for his workout.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
  • Chinese media described the process as a closed system in which flue gas enters one end of the pipeline and fertiliser emerges from the other.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Despite the installation of a smoke filtration system, preliminary testing found that emissions from its boiler smokestacks exceeded Cambodia’s legal limits.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
  • If that process were adapted to store CO2 in the earth forever, then billions of tons of carbon emissions could, in theory, be captured from smokestacks and buried.
    Maddie Stone, ProPublica, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Hundreds of acres of land owned by the Port were rezoned for industrial use, hooked up to new water and waste pipes, and powered by substations installed near the Port after Neal lobbied the local utilities.
    Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023
Noun
  • Make sure that the water is flowing through the discharge pipe outside.
    Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Protect Your Pipes According to Feng, one of the most costly consequences of a power outage can be frozen pipes.
    Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The water was too rough to get a rescue tube around the boy, who lost consciousness and went limp.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • On a recent afternoon, two technicians in heat-resistant hazmat suits were operating an apparatus of cylinders, tubes, funnels and control panels set up on a platform with bright yellow railings.
    Didi Tang, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Of course, as anyone with a baby (or who’s spent time anywhere near a baby) can tell you, a kid doesn’t have to shoot spit into your milk ducts to expose you to their germs.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 29 July 2026
  • Toyota also makes extensive mention of the GRMN’s aero, which includes a hood duct, fender ducts, front side spoilers, and the aforementioned trick rear wing.
    Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • The risk of Iranian attacks has deterred most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, an important conduit for global energy supplies, since the start of the conflict, sending shockwaves through the world economy.
    Yasmine Ghania, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026
  • His conduit to doing so was Ebbets Field, perhaps the most beloved ballpark ever and the home to one of baseball’s most romanticized teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 30 July 2026

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“Chimney stack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimney%20stack. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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