Synonyms of smokestack

smokestack

noun

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.

Related Words

• chimney
• pipe
• tile
• flue
• tube
• line
• penstock
• duct
• piping
• chimney stack
• conduit
• leader
• funnel
• trough
• standpipe
• channel
• hydrant
• stovepipe
• waste pipe
• spout
• drain
• pipeline
• main
• drainpipe
• waterspout
• pipage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of smokestack

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

These modular reactors can eventually be connected directly to active factory smokestacks and local agricultural biorefineries. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026

The storm also sheered off about nearly two-thirds of the plant smokestack that measured 20 feet across and 225 feet high. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026