Meaning of Uptake | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Understanding; comprehension.
   countable, uncountable
2. Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
   countable, uncountable
3. The act of lifting or taking up.
   countable, uncountable
4. A chimney.
   countable, dated, uncountable
5. The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.
   countable, dated, uncountable

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Examples

“The design provides for continuous smoke troughs of reinforced concrete, vented by circular uptakes, and the turntable area will be covered, using precast reinforced concrete bars down both sides of each track.”

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