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smoker

smoker

1 7.0
A train car where people may use tobacco
  • noun
  • /ˈsmoʊkər/
  • Archaic
: vagón para fumadores
  • smoker grill
  • smoker box
  • stovetop smoker

Examples

  • I'll be there as soon as you get a smokers section.

  • Into the 1960s, American theaters included loge sections to accommodate smokers and seduce them back into the theater.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Passengers can relax and enjoy their conversations in the smoker car during the long train journey.

  • The old train had a dedicated smoker section where passengers could light up without any restrictions.

  • Many travelers prefer to sit in the smoker compartment to enjoy a cigarette while enjoying the scenery.

Synonyms

smoking compartment
vssmoker
  • Archaic
1 5.3

A section of a train for people who want to light cigarettes

also includes whole vehicles, not only smaller reserved sections
smoking car
vssmoker
  • Archaic
1 6.0

A train car where people may light cigarettes

means the same but is a different form of the name
smoking carriage
vssmoker
  • Archaic
7.7

A train car where people are allowed to smoke

is the general term for such a permitted area on a train

Compounds

A person who regularly lights and inhales cigarettes

3 3.5

A person who lights many cigarettes one after another

2 3.0

A person who often uses cigars to relax

1 9.9

An insulting word for a gay man or someone seen as very sexual

1 3.4

A person who smokes tobacco from a pipe

smoker fuel
  • Specialized
6.7

Natural material burned in a bee smoker to make smoke that calms bees

Surface Forms

smoker singular
smokers plural

Morphology

smoker = smoke (semi-transparent) = smoke + er

The link to smoking is clear, but using '-er' to mean a railway compartment for smokers is a specialized extension rather than a fully predictable derivation.

Etymology

Smoker for a train car was named because it was the part of the train where people could smoke; the name is simply smoke + -er, meaning 'for those who smoke'. So a smoker car was the train car 'for smokers'.