woodsmoke
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- noun
- /ˈwʊdˌsmoʊk/
- I breathed in night and woodsmoke, flooding my blood with flavored air.
- scent of woodsmoke
- odor of woodsmoke
- woodsmoke in the air
Examples
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The place smelled of herbs and roots, earth, and woodsmoke.
Fiction book (1997) -
I miss the smell of woodsmoke.
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At a distance of ten feet, I could smell the man: woodsmoke, sweat, and cheap scent.
Fiction book (1990) -
From somewhere beyond the water came the smell of woodsmoke, and all at once the season seemed to have turned without his noticing.
Fiction book (1991) -
The air smelled of cold and woodsmoke.
Fiction book (1998) -
Her clothing smelled of unwashed skin, of woodsmoke from a cooking fire.
Fiction book (1998) -
I could smell the woodsmoke in the mist and hear the creeks as they gurgled through slices in the crusty ice.
Fiction book (1997) -
The acrid, autumnal scent of woodsmoke roused within her an odd but familiar feeling of sorrowful festivity.
Fiction book (1999) -
Blue drifts of woodsmoke gusted in whirling eddies from the P4 hearthroom and kitchenhouses.
Fiction book (1993) -
The smell of woodsmoke reminded me of cozy winter evenings by the fire.
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Etymology
Woodsmoke is simply the two English words wood and smoke put together. It means 'smoke from burning wood', the familiar warm smell from a campfire or chimney that can even add a smoky taste to food.