smokestack

Meanings

• noun

  A tall chimney or stack used to expel exhaust gases from a factory or power plant.

  - "The smokestack of the power plant towered over the city."
  - "The train passed by the smokestack of the steel mill."

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Pronunciation

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with smokestack
stack , whack , pack , slack

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Variants

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smokestack , smokestacks

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Etymology

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Derived from the Old English word 'smoke' and the Old Norse word 'staka' meaning 'pile' or 'stack'.

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Trivia

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1. The tallest smokestack in the world is the 1,815-foot (553-meter) stack at the Willow Island Power Plant in West Virginia.

2. Smokestacks were once used to signal ships at sea, as the smoke could be seen from great distances.

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Related Concepts

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1. Chimney: A structure used to expel exhaust gases or smoke from a building or industrial plant.

2. Industrialization: The process of developing industries and manufacturing capabilities.

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Culture

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The smokestack is a symbol of industrialization and the negative environmental impact it can have. It has been used extensively in literature and art to represent the pollution and destruction caused by factories.

How to Memorize "smokestack"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a tall, cylindrical structure with smoke coming out of the top. Visualize the smokestack towering over a factory or power plant.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'smokestack' with factories, power plants, and industrialization.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Stoke the Stack' to remember the definition of smokestack.

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