Smoke
21smoke — smoke1 [ smouk ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a gray, black, or white cloud produced by something that is burning: The air was thick with cigarette smoke. a column/pall/cloud of smoke (=a large quantity): A column of black smoke slowly rose above the… …
22smoke */*/ — I UK [sməʊk] / US [smoʊk] noun Word forms smoke : singular smoke plural smokes 1) [uncountable] a grey, black, or white cloud produced by something that is burning The air was thick with cigarette smoke. a column/pall/cloud of smoke (= a large… …
23smoke — n. gaseous products of burning 1) to belch, emit, give off smoke (chimneys belch smoke) 2) to inhale smoke 3) heavy, thick; light smoke 4) smoke pours from (a chimney) 5) smoke eddies, spirals (upward) 6) a column; pall; puff; wisp of smoke act… …
24smoke — [[t]smo͟ʊk[/t]] ♦♦ smokes, smoking, smoked 1) N UNCOUNT Smoke consists of gas and small bits of solid material that are sent into the air when something burns. A cloud of black smoke blew over the city... The air was thick with cigarette smoke.… …
25smoke — smokelike, adj. /smohk/, n., v., smoked, smoking. n. 1. the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, esp. the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of …
26smoke — {{11}}smoke (n.1) late O.E. smoca, related to smeocan give off smoke, from P.Gmc. *smeukanan (Cf. M.Du. smooc, Du. smook, M.H.G. smouch, Ger. Schmauch), from PIE root *smeug(h) to smoke (Cf. Arm. mux smoke, Gk …
27smoke — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English smoca; akin to Old English smēocan to emit smoke, Middle High German smouch smoke, and probably to Greek smychein to smolder Date: before 12th century 1. a. the gaseous products of burning… …
28smoke — /smoʊk / (say smohk) noun 1. the visible exhalation given off by a burning or smouldering substance, especially the grey, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or… …
29smoke — 1 noun 1 (U) grey gas that is produced by something burning: Clouds of black smoke belched from the building. | cigarette smoke 2 (countable usually singular) an act of smoking a cigarette etc: a cup of coffee and a smoke 3 (C) slang a cigarette… …
30smoke — [[t]smoʊk[/t]] n. v. smoked, smok•ing 1) chem. the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning substance, esp. the mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood or other organic matter 2) something… …
