Synonyms of smokestacks

smokestacks

noun

plural of smokestack

as in chimneys

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

• chimneys
• pipes
• tiles
• flues
• tubes
• lines
• ducts
• penstocks
• chimney stacks
• leaders
• conduits
• troughs
• channels
• pipings
• funnels
• waterspouts
• drainpipes
• hydrants
• standpipes
• waste pipes
• drains
• spouts
• stovepipes
• pipelines
• mains
• pipages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of smokestacks

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

Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin. — Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 18 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

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

The ship’s six-story smokestacks have already been removed and are expected to serve as the museum’s centerpiece. — Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026

When flaring occurs, passersby can see flames coming from smokestacks. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026

Schahfer’s smokestacks had been a familiar backdrop among northern Indiana’s fields since it was built in the 1970s. — Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026