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smokestack industries — An informal name for traditional British industries, especially heavy engineering manufacturers, as opposed to modern industries, such as electronics, etc … Big dictionary of business and management
smokestack industries — / sməυkstæk ˌɪndəstriz/ plural noun heavy industries, such as steel making … Dictionary of banking and finance
smokestack industry — ➔ industry * * * smokestack industry UK US noun [C] ► PRODUCTION, NATURAL RESOURCES an industry involved in making things using processes that burn a lot of coal or oil and produce a lot of pollution: »Unlike old smokestack industries that… … Financial and business terms
smokestack industry — smokestack industries N COUNT A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics. There has been a shift from smokestack industries into high tech ones … English dictionary
smokestack industry — Heavy industries like iron and steel production, especially if they produce a lot of pollution, are smokestack industries … The small dictionary of idiomes
smokestack industry — noun A traditional heavy industry, esp one employing methods of production and technology that adversely affect the environment • • • Main Entry: ↑smoke * * * smokestack industry UK US noun [countable] [singular smokestack industry … Useful english dictionary
smokestack industry — Heavy industries like iron and steel production, especially if they produce a lot of pollution, are smokestack industries. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** Industries involved in heavy manufacturing such as the production of iron and… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
smokestack industry — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms smokestack industry : singular smokestack industry plural smokestack industries an industry involved in making things in factories using big machines and processes that produce a lot of pollution … English dictionary
Smokestack industry — Heavy industries like iron and steel production, especially if they produce a lot of pollution, are smokestack industries … Dictionary of English idioms
smokestack — I. noun Date: 1838 a pipe or funnel through which smoke and gases are discharged II. adjective Date: 1926 of, relating to, being, or characterized by manufacturing and especially heavy industry < smokestack industries > … New Collegiate Dictionary
smokestack — ☆ smokestack [smōk′stak΄ ] n. a pipe for the discharge of smoke from a steamship, locomotive, factory, etc. adj. designating or of heavy manufacturing industries, such as those producing steel, automobiles, or rubber … English World dictionary
