smoke
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- noun
- /smoʊk/
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humo
- After the fire, dark smoke filled the sky, signaling the extent of the damage.
- cloud of smoke
- smoke from a fire
- wildfire smoke
It's wild how much wildfire smoke can cool a day off.
- It's wild how much wildfire smoke can cool a day off.
- And then all of a sudden there was this gush of smoke and gas and soot.
- Like shit spray and yeah, fart spray, fake smoke dildos.
- OK, somebody sees you, your mother, the fajita smoke goes by, right?
Examples
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It's wild how much wildfire smoke can cool a day off.
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There was the smell of smoke.
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And look at the amount of smoke, that is crazy.
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At some point the smoke will transition to clear.
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As it caught, they jumped back, and the smoke began to rise, black and odorous.
Fiction book (1990) -
Smoke pouring from the engine of that McLaren!
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Clouds of grayish smoke streamed from the chimney.
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The smoke from the burning leaves created a thick haze around the campsite.
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As the chef cooked, clouds of aromatic smoke wafted through the open kitchen window.
Synonyms
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A cloud of smoke or gas with a strong often harmful smell
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A long thin mass, like smoke or steam, that rises into the air
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A large mass of smoke in the air from a fire
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A thick cloud of smoke that makes it hard to see
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A small object that makes thick smoke to hide people or mark a place
- Literature
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A private place where a small group makes secret decisions, often in politics
How Smoky
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Smoke comes from an old English word for the pale 'cloud' that rises from fire, like a breath from burning. So smoke means the visible cloud of tiny bits and gas made when something burns.