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Meanings of smokestack in English

Portuguese
canodachaminé
Catalan
fumeral

A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated.

canodachaminé
Synonyms
Examples for "stack"
Examples for "stack"
1
And then of course you need a complete new computer science stack.
Wired
2
Among the stack of papers were several early etchings of Matterson House.
Hearts of grey
3
All supported water storage, but said the numbers did not stack up.
Radio NZ
4
That stack of paper there is requests filed in the last week.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
5
They will also want to know what has happened to his stack.
Altered carbon
Usage of smokestack in English
1
Wieme fell about 22 feet through the smokestack, the fire department said.
Reuters
2
Someplace where smokestack lightning looks like a faraway beacon of impossible freedom.
Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
3
Sparks streamed and the smokestack quivered, but the train did not start.
The Rainy Day Railroad War
4
From a rusty old engine with big smokestack poured the strangling smoke.
The Call of the Canyon
5
Behind the buildings, a twelve-story, brick smokestack emitted wisps of white steam.
Time After Time
6
The crowd uttered a cheer, and streamed in the direction of the smokestack.
The Riverman
7
He jigged to his left, and now he saw the fallen smokestack again.
IT
8
But, with her aim set on the smokestack, she flew straight.
Wild Storm
9
Russia's emissions have plunged since the collapse of Soviet-era smokestack industries.
Reuters
10
The smokestack toppled to the deck, pinioning many more beneath it.
The Boy Allies under Two Flags
11
Then the huge black hull and one smokestack could be distinguished.
Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters
12
A shell struck upon the Emden's deck near the forward smokestack and burst.
The Boy Allies under Two Flags
13
I can see the smoke coming through the smokestack, declared Phil.
Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
14
It came to him that he ought to retreat down the smokestack's bore.
IT
15
All that tinpan effect we heard was probably a ventilator collapsing-perhapsa smokestack.
In Secret
16
Now he was running parallel to the fallen smokestack, its tiles blurring by.
IT
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Catalan
fumeral
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United States of America
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