SMOKESTACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smokestack mean? 

• SMOKESTACK (noun)
  The noun SMOKESTACK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SMOKESTACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMOKESTACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

smokestack; stack

Hypernyms ("smokestack" is a kind of...):

chimney (a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smokestack"):

funnel ((nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship))