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
But Clifton is one of many Louisville neighborhoods where homes sit in the shadow of smokestacks and heavy industry.
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Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
At Farm Central, the Seabrook headquarters, a brick smokestack, built by Kelly Brickworks in Philadelphia, with the name SEABROOK painted vertically, rose 225 feet in the air.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Carbon capture generally refers to the practice of removing carbon dioxide from sources like smokestacks or fossil fuel power plants.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 28 May 2025
None deny minority neighborhoods on the South and West sides suffer more from the dirty air, water and soil that historically came from steel mills, smokestacks and truck traffic.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
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Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
At Farm Central, the Seabrook headquarters, a brick smokestack, built by Kelly Brickworks in Philadelphia, with the name SEABROOK painted vertically, rose 225 feet in the air.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Carbon capture generally refers to the practice of removing carbon dioxide from sources like smokestacks or fossil fuel power plants.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 28 May 2025
None deny minority neighborhoods on the South and West sides suffer more from the dirty air, water and soil that historically came from steel mills, smokestacks and truck traffic.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for smokestack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smokestack
Noun
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Stock image of smoke streaming from an industrial chimney.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The charred shell of his car, motorcycle and chimney of his house and the rest of the debris still haven’t been cleaned up, persistent reminders of what was.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The music thumped away, though at reduced volume, the bats performed their acrobatics over the pool, the hash pipe glowed, people began to yawn.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Zajicek, signed in the offseason, had thus far played all his hockey in his native Czechia but looked right at home between the pipes for the B’s.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Next to it, musicians play house music on an intricate tile stage.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Purple 1 tile at the top is an easy place to start, since there is only one domino with 1 pip.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Make sure the fireplace flue is open before lighting it.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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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 17 Sep. 2025.
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