Smokestack (Noun)
Meaning
A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The old factory stood abandoned, its smokestack crumbling under the weight of years of neglect.
- A plume of gray smoke billowed from the smokestack of the power plant on the outskirts of town.
- The environmental activists were determined to bring down the smokestack, which they claimed was polluting the air.
- The smokestack stood as a relic of a bygone industrial era, a reminder of the city's manufacturing past.
- A massive smokestack rose above the buildings of the iron mill, a hulking presence that dominated the landscape.