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
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.
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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
The satellites are fitted with custom six-band, multispectral infrared cameras designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms to accurately identify wildfires, differentiating them from misleading objects like smokestacks.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The satellites are fitted with custom six-band multispectral infrared cameras, designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms to accurately identify wildfires – differentiating them from misleading objects like smokestacks.
—New Atlas, 18 Mar. 2025
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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
The satellites are fitted with custom six-band, multispectral infrared cameras designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms to accurately identify wildfires, differentiating them from misleading objects like smokestacks.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The satellites are fitted with custom six-band multispectral infrared cameras, designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms to accurately identify wildfires – differentiating them from misleading objects like smokestacks.
—New Atlas, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for smokestack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smokestack
Noun
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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
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White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday.—
Katie Primm,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
Noun
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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
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The suspect was swinging the pipe and smashed a station call box, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
Noun
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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
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This means cleaning your toilet, vanity countertops, and scrubbing the shower door and tiles.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
2 June 2025
Noun
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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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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
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“Smokestack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smokestack. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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