Smokestack

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  • noun. A large chimney or vertical pipe through which combustion vapors, gases, and smoke are discharged.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being firms, industries, or places involved in heavy manufacturing or in the processing of materials.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A pipe, usually of sheet-iron, through which the smoke and gases of combustion from a steam-boiler are discharged into the open air. See cut under passenger-engine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
  • Word Usage
    "The actual exhaust emissions come from the smokestack, which is the tall skinny tower."