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- Dictionarysmoke/sməʊk/
noun
- 1. a visible suspension of carbon or other particles in air, typically one emitted from a burning substance: "bonfire smoke"
- 2. an act of smoking tobacco: "I'm dying for a smoke"
verb
- 1. emit smoke or visible vapour: "heat the oil until it just smokes" Similar
- 2. suck on the end of a lit cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc. so as to inhale and exhale the smoke produced by the burning tobacco into the mouth: "she was sitting at the kitchen table smoking" Similar
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The meaning of SMOKE is the gaseous products of burning materials especially of organic origin made visible by the presence of small particles of carbon. How to use smoke in a sentence.
SMOKE definition: 1. the grey, black, or white mixture of gas and very small pieces of carbon that is produced when…. Learn more.
Smoke is a suspension [3] of airborne particulates and gases [4] emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass.
1. the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning substance, esp. the mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood or other organic matter. 2. something resembling this, as vapor or mist. 3. something unsubstantial, fleeting, or without result.
noun. the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
Smoke consists of gas and small bits of solid material that are sent into the air when something burns. A cloud of black smoke blew over the city. The air was thick with smoke.
The hazy gray cloud that floats in the air when something burns is smoke. Smoke is made up of tiny carbon particles. If you get lost in the woods, you can use the smoke from your campfire to guide you back to your tent — or you can just use the GPS on your smartphone.
SMOKE definition: 1. the grey or black gas that is produced when something burns 2. If someone has a smoke, they…. Learn more.
noun. /sməʊk/ Idioms. [uncountable] the grey, white or black gas that is produced by something burning. cigarette/tobacco smoke. Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from the area. The explosion sent a huge cloud of smoke into the sky. Clouds of thick black smoke billowed from the car's exhaust.
something unsubstantial, evanescent, or without result: Their hopes and dreams proved to be smoke. an obscuring condition: the smoke of controversy. an act or spell of smoking something, especially tobacco: They had a smoke during the intermission.
