smokestack industrynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsməʊk.stæk ˌɪn.də.stri/us/ˈsmoʊk.stæk ˌɪn.də.stri/mainly USa traditional industry that produces large machines or materials used in other industries and creates pollution in doing so:
There's been a steady decline in smokestack industries such as shipbuilding and steel.
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Industry & industrial processes
- carding
- compression moulding
- deindustrialization
- die cutting
- heavy industry
- industrialization
- industry-wide
- injection moulding
- just-in-time
- light industry
- machine carding
- mining
- plastic
- prebuilt
- prefabricated
- quality assurance
- quality control
- raw
- rustbelt
- tertiary
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