What does smokestack mean?
Definitions for smokestack
ˈsmoʊkˌstæksmoke·stack
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Princeton's WordNet
smokestack, stacknoun
a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
Wiktionary
smokestacknoun
A conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out.
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smokestack
A smokestack is a large chimney-like structure typically attached to factories, power plants, or ships, used to discharge smoke, fumes, and waste gases from a furnace, boiler, or engine into the atmosphere.
Webster Dictionary
Smokestacknoun
a chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of smokestack in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of smokestack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of smokestack in a Sentence
The lower air quality targets seem to reflect changed priorities, the policymakers have let smokestack industries rebound, even if it means slowing progress on air quality.
Current efforts are like trying to control air pollution by putting a fence around a smokestack.
We need social tipping points, where the average person thinks it's not okay to build a smokestack or a tailpipe, or to use the sky as a dumping ground, it's only when the average person changes their thinking that things will change.
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Translations for smokestack
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- xemeneiaCatalan, Valencian
- komínCzech
- SchornsteinGerman
- καπνοδόχοςGreek
- chimeneaSpanish
- savupiippuFinnish
- cheminéeFrench
- fumaiolo, ciminieraItalian
- 煙突Japanese
- 굴뚝Korean
- schoorsteenDutch
- chaminéPortuguese
- дымовая трубаRussian
- dimnjak, димњакSerbo-Croatian
- bacaTurkish
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