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flare stack

flare stack noun: a tall structure used for burning off waste gas at oil refineries and other installations.

Noun

flare stack (plural flare stacks)

  1. a tall structure used for burning off waste gas at oil refineries and other installations.
    • she imagined them demolishing all the equipment used for oil production, including the flare stacks that rose into the skies to burn the natural gas2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 171
    Synonyms:
    flare tower

Synonyms of flare stack

Forms of flare stack

pluralflare stacks

Questions about flare stack

What does flare stack mean?
Flare stack means a tall structure used for burning off waste gas at oil refineries and other installations.
What part of speech is flare stack?
Flare stack is a noun.
What is the plural of flare stack?
The plural of flare stack is flare stacks.

Words near flare stack in the dictionary

  1. flare nut wrench
  2. flare nuts
  3. flare out
  4. flare path
  5. flare paths
  6. flare stack
  7. flare stacks
  8. flare tower
  9. flare towers
  10. flare up
  11. flare ups

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