smokestack
1 of 2noun
smoke·stack ˈsmōk-ˌstak 
: a pipe or funnel through which smoke and gases are discharged
smokestack
2 of 2adjective
: of, relating to, being, or characterized by manufacturing and especially heavy industry
smokestack industries
Example Sentences
Adjective She invested in smokestack stocks. Car manufacturing and other smokestack industries need to adapt to the global economy.
Recent Examples on the Web
Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022 The smokestack helps with adjusting the temp, too – open it completely for more heat when using wood or charcoal, close it to cut off the oxygen flow and ultimately lower the temp. Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2022 The search for a new maintenance yard has been underway since the city, NRG and SDG&E signed a deal eight years ago to demolish the coastal plant and its 400-foot-tall smokestack, but a few hurdles remain. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2022 Activists have previously said Hilco and city departments were ill-prepared to handle a smokestack demolition. Olivia Olander, chicagotribune.com, 20 Jan. 2022 The grill has a downward exhaust system located on the back instead of a traditional smokestack. Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 20 May 2022 John Wheble from Plymouth was saddened to see the smokestack come down. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2022 The waves ripped off part of the smokestack and swept away all but one of the lifeboats. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022 By late summer, and for the first time in four decades, trucks won’t be delivering trash to the hulking pile of brick, smokestack and steel that evokes the Industrial Revolution. Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2022 Russ Wiles, azcentral, 2 Aug. 2019 The industry trend toward higher production and profits with lower employment started to run into serious trouble in the 1990s with the imposition of new environmental regulations against smokestack pollution that made coal more expensive to burn. Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018 Meanwhile, a young company in Switzerland called Climeworks was opening its first plant to capture CO2—not from relatively concentrated smokestack effluent, but from ambient air. Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2017 Government and household consumption drove more than two thirds economic growth in the first quarter, highlighting the shift toward depending on services and away from smokestack sectors. Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2017 When companies have to pay for pollution, there’s less need for micromanaging laws requiring such items as smokestack scrubbers. Froma Harrop, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2017 See More
Noun
Last year, a 400-foot smokestack at the shuttered 1950s-era Encina Power Station in Carlsbad was torn down, over the objections of preservationists. Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022 The smokestack helps with adjusting the temp, too – open it completely for more heat when using wood or charcoal, close it to cut off the oxygen flow and ultimately lower the temp. Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2022 The search for a new maintenance yard has been underway since the city, NRG and SDG&E signed a deal eight years ago to demolish the coastal plant and its 400-foot-tall smokestack, but a few hurdles remain. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2022 Activists have previously said Hilco and city departments were ill-prepared to handle a smokestack demolition. Olivia Olander, chicagotribune.com, 20 Jan. 2022 The grill has a downward exhaust system located on the back instead of a traditional smokestack. Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 20 May 2022 John Wheble from Plymouth was saddened to see the smokestack come down. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2022 The waves ripped off part of the smokestack and swept away all but one of the lifeboats. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022 By late summer, and for the first time in four decades, trucks won’t be delivering trash to the hulking pile of brick, smokestack and steel that evokes the Industrial Revolution. Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2022 Adjective
Service companies dominate the list of Arizona's largest employers,with relatively few smokestack industries here, which helps explain why Arizona just received another so-so grade as a manufacturing center. Russ Wiles, azcentral, 2 Aug. 2019 The industry trend toward higher production and profits with lower employment started to run into serious trouble in the 1990s with the imposition of new environmental regulations against smokestack pollution that made coal more expensive to burn. Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018 Meanwhile, a young company in Switzerland called Climeworks was opening its first plant to capture CO2—not from relatively concentrated smokestack effluent, but from ambient air. Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2017 Government and household consumption drove more than two thirds economic growth in the first quarter, highlighting the shift toward depending on services and away from smokestack sectors. Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2017 When companies have to pay for pollution, there’s less need for micromanaging laws requiring such items as smokestack scrubbers. Froma Harrop, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1838, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
1926, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
smokestack
noun
smoke·stack ˈsmōk-ˌstak
: a large chimney or a pipe for carrying away smoke (as on a factory or ship)
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. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- chimney
- pipe
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- piping
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- chimney stack
- funnel
- conduit
- standpipe
- leader
- trough
- stovepipe
- drainpipe
- hydrant
- waterspout
- channel
- waste pipe
- main
- spout
- drain
- pipeline
- pipage
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