Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flare stack

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: flare s-tack
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"she imagined them demolishing all the equipment used for oil production, including the flare stacks that rose into the skies to burn the natural gas"

Inflected Forms

flare stacks (plural)

Synonyms

flare tower

Questions

What does flare stack mean?: a tall structure used for burning off waste gas at oil refineries and other installations.

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