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smokeless

smokeless

6 3.9
Does not produce visible dark gas when it burns
  • adjective
  • /ˈsmoʊkləs/
translation icon : sin humo
  • They installed a smokeless fireplace that provides warmth without producing smoke.
  • smokeless tobacco
  • smokeless products
  • smokeless powder

The species of the devil, as explained from the Islamic tradition, is a being made of a smokeless fire.

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Examples

Synonyms

smoke-free
vssmokeless
9 2.5

A place where people must not use cigarettes or electronic cigarettes

describes a source that emits little or no visible fumes not a place kept tobacco-free
clean-burning
vssmokeless
  • Specialized
1 5.3

Produces little smoke or ash when burned

emits little or no visible fumes rather than lowering all pollution

Antonyms

27 1.0

Filled with smoke so the air looks cloudy and smells of smoke

Compounds

smokeless powder
  • Specialized
1 5.4

A gun fuel that makes little smoke when it burns

How Smoky

smoke-filled
8 3.4
smoky
27 1.0
smokeless
6 3.9
smoke-free
9 2.5

Surface Forms

smokeless positive

Morphology

smokeless = smoke (transparent) = smoke + less

The meaning is directly derived from the noun 'smoke' plus the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so learners who know 'smoke' will readily understand 'smokeless'.

Etymology

Smokeless is a simple compound made from smoke + -less, and -less means 'without'. So smokeless literally means 'without smoke', which is why we use it for things that give little or no smoke.