chimneys

noun

plural of chimney
as in flues

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  1. smokestacks
  2. pipes
  3. ducts
Noun
  • Despite the installation of a smoke filtration system, preliminary testing found that emissions from its boiler smokestacks exceeded Cambodia’s legal limits.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
  • If that process were adapted to store CO2 in the earth forever, then billions of tons of carbon emissions could, in theory, be captured from smokestacks and buried.
    — Maddie Stone, ProPublica, 25 June 2026
Definition of smokestacks
Noun
  • Seventy million barrels is the strict physical minimum needed at the top of the caverns to keep the extraction pipes safely submerged in oil rather than water, said Siddharth Misra, a petroleum engineering professor at Texas A&M University.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The main issues with Puerto Rico’s water infrastructure are the aging pipes that transport the resource across the island to residences and businesses and a lack of funding allocated to restoration projects.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of pipes
Noun
  • Thieves have long used a variety of methods — tapping into ducts, hijacking tanker trucks or robbing directly from facilities of Petroleos Mexicanos, the state energy company known as Pemex.
    — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Of course, as anyone with a baby (or who’s spent time anywhere near a baby) can tell you, a kid doesn’t have to shoot spit into your milk ducts to expose you to their germs.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 29 July 2026
Definition of ducts
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