flare stack

English

Noun

flare stack (plural flare stacks)

1. a tall structure used for burning off waste gas at oil refineries and other installations.
   • 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 171:

     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

Synonyms

• flare tower