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smokestack
[smohk-stak]
noun
Also called stack.a pipe for the escape of the smoke or gases of combustion, as on a steamboat, locomotive, or building.
adjective
pertaining to, engaged in, or dependent on a basic heavy industry, as steel or automaking.
smokestack companies.
smokestack
/ ˈəʊˌæ /
noun
Sometimes shortened to: stack.a tall chimney that conveys smoke into the air
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of smokestack1
Example Sentences
And we're going to put a smokestack filter on top of your smokestack so you don't pollute there and give everybody cancer.
Vistra acquired the plant in 2018 and demolished it to make way for the battery facilities, leaving the iconic smokestacks behind.
They're worried about PFAs plumes in their ground, poisoning their water, or whether or not their air is poisoned by sulfur dioxide from a smokestack next to them.
Studies have found that particulate pollution known as PM 2.5, which is released by vehicles, industrial smokestacks and wildfires, can be attributed to as many as 200,000 excess deaths each year.
Those pollutants include particulate matter 2.5, or sooty material that is released from vehicles, industrial smokestacks and wildfires.
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