Associations to the word «Smokestack»

Wiktionary

SMOKESTACK, noun. A conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out.
SMOKESTACK INDUSTRY, noun. (manufacturing) An industry or any large manufacturing facility that utilizes one or more smokestacks to dispose of unwanted materials into the atmosphere.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope