stack
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5.0
- noun
- /stæk/
- Specialized
:
chimenea
- Look at the smoke stack on that ship!
- exhaust stack
- stack emissions
- tall stack
We can't undo the injustices done to small kids set up chimney stacks.
- We can't undo the injustices done to small kids set up chimney stacks.
Examples
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187 The tanker roars, spewing smoke from its chrome stacks as it shifts up through the gears.
Fiction book (1991) -
The factory's tall stack emitted black smoke into the sky.
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Air is discharged through a stack that is the same height as the building.
Academic text (1995) -
Look at the smoke coming out of those stacks!
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Look at those tall stacks!
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That's a very familiar smoke stack.
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Plumes of coal smoke rise from rusty stacks on every urban horizon.
Academic text (2006) -
As I drove by the power plant, I noticed the large stack releasing steam.
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The stack on the old mill was once used to vent smoke from coal fires.
Synonyms
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1.0
A tall structure on a house that lets smoke from a fire go outside
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5.3
A tall chimney on a factory, ship, or power plant that sends smoke and gas into the air
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5.2
A tall chimney on a ship that sends out smoke from the engines
Tall part that sticks out above a roof and often has several pipes for smoke
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Etymology
Stack used for a chimney comes from the same idea of a tall column or pile and appears in compounds like smokestack. That's why a stack can mean a tall, narrow chimney that sends smoke up into the air.