chimney stack

noun

British

1

: the part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building

2

: a tall chimney on a factory, ship, etc., for carrying smoke away

Examples of chimney stack in a Sentence

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Hedwig, blinkered by the bounty of her domestic environs, seemingly ignores the infernal light and smoke from nearby chimney stacks, and otherwise blocks out the machinery of mass death: the barking of guard dogs, the rumbling of crematoria, the crack of pistols, the screams of prisoners. —Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023