chimney stack en · NOUN
Meanings
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A vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.
The smoke-pall of industrial Lancashire hung over the landscape; perhaps slagscape would be a more fitting term. The general prospect was a succession of chimney-stacks, factories, pit-heads, slagheaps, junctions, sidings and coal wagons.
1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chimney stacks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| chimneystack | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
ga simléar (structure containing flue(s)) · sv fabriksskorsten (structure containing flue(s)) · sv skorsten (structure containing flue(s)) · ga stoc simléir (structure containing flue(s)) · hu kürtő (structure containing flue(s)) · gd binneag (structure containing flue(s)) · ka საკვამური (structure containing flue(s))