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Definition of Smokestack
1. Noun. A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated.
Definition of Smokestack
1. n. A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.
Definition of Smokestack
1. Noun. A conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smokestack
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smokestack
Literary usage of Smokestack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Ag 12 '13 Erecting a steel smokestack on a high roof. Eng Rec 67:584-5 My 24' '13
400-ft. steel chimney of the United Verde Eng & Min J 96:1058-60 D 6 '13 ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"It is matter of common knowledge, not to be ignored by the courts, that the
emission of a volume of dense black smoke from a single smokestack or chimney of ..."
3. Treatise on the Law Governing Nuisances: With Particular Reference to Its by Joseph Asbury Joyce, Howard Clifford Joyce (1906)
"Action for removal of smokestack.—To authorize a court to remove a valuable
structure as a nuisance, damages must be proved of a substantial and continuing ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"The area of the smokestack must be such that the gases of combustion may be ...
Experience has shown that an area of 1 square foot of smokestack to every 8 ..."
5. Practical Sheet Metal Work and Demonstrated Patterns: A Comprehensive Treatise by John Henry Teschmacher (1911)
"Manner of Rolling the Plate to Circular Shape MAKING AND ERECTING A smokestack
The subject of this article is an ordinary smokestack, and every operation ..."
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