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offtake

[ awf-teyk, of- ]

noun

  1. a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like, to an uptake or downtake.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of offtake1

First recorded in 1870–75; after verb phrase take off

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Example Sentences

The cliff rose above them, a wall broken here and there by the offtake of narrow ravines, filled with forest trees.

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