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smokestack definition

☆ smoke·stack (smōk′stak′)

noun

a pipe for the discharge of smoke from a steamship, locomotive, factory, etc.

adjective

designating or of heavy manufacturing industries, such as those producing steel, automobiles, or rubber

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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