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.
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of smokestack
Wildfire smoke is starting to erode the world’s progress in cleaning up pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks, as climate change supercharges fires, scientists have said.
—
Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Some are emitted directly from a source, such as construction sites, unpaved roads, fields, smokestacks or fires.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
On its final voyage south, the ship passed Palm Beach and caused a stir among locals—shots of its iconic red, white, and blue smokestacks gliding past the shores carried a poetic weight in a town whose own origin (and very name) traces back to a coconut-laden shipwreck.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2025
The playground down the block sits in the shadow of a smokestack.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for smokestack
Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Some are emitted directly from a source, such as construction sites, unpaved roads, fields, smokestacks or fires.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
On its final voyage south, the ship passed Palm Beach and caused a stir among locals—shots of its iconic red, white, and blue smokestacks gliding past the shores carried a poetic weight in a town whose own origin (and very name) traces back to a coconut-laden shipwreck.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2025
The playground down the block sits in the shadow of a smokestack.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for smokestack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smokestack
Noun
-
After white smoke came out of the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City to signal a new pope had been selected, All Saints Parish offered a devotional practice.—
Jessi Virtusio,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
-
White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday.—
Katie Primm,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
Noun
-
The building is old and has lead pipes, so a service brings in large plastic bottles for a water cooler.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2025
-
The suspect was swinging the pipe and smashed a station call box, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
Noun
-
Tori’s Place had a hole in the floor underneath the broken ice machine, multiple floor tiles loose at the cook’s line, a gap in the wall behind the pots/pans storage room and a loose ceiling board in the middle of the back preparation area.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
-
This means cleaning your toilet, vanity countertops, and scrubbing the shower door and tiles.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
2 June 2025
Noun
-
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
-
If using a fireplace, make sure the chimney flue is open and stay awake while the fire is burning.—
Dr. Mishal Reja,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Smokestack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smokestack. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share