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

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

There’s an orange and white smokestack, a Soriana sofa, a three-legged glass creature, and even a series of figures holding a life net to catch the ash. — Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 23 May 2026

But there are also smokestacks and men in neon jumpsuits milling among the clank and crash of industry as wisps of smoke and vapor drift overhead. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2026

These are the ports, pipelines, and oil refineries of Shandong province and its borderlands, where the hulking architecture of oil storage tanks and spindly profiles of smokestacks jut up from barren, coastal flatlands. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 12 May 2026