smoke

/smoʊk/ n [U] (CLOUDY AIR)

Definition

› a cloudy gray or black mixture of air and very small pieces of carbon produced by something that is burning: The building filled with smoke. Nobody died in the fire, but three people were treated for smoke inhalation.

(Definition of smoke n (CLOUDY AIR) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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smitten adj
smock n
smog n
smoke detector n
smoke n ACT OF SMOKING
smoke n CLOUDY AIR
smoke screen n
smoke someone out phrasal verb
smoke v BREATHE SMOKE
smoke v PRESERVE
smoke v PRODUCE SMOKE

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