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smoke
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- pronunciation:
- smok
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
Smoke is what you often see in the air when something is burning. Smoke sometimes looks like a gray, white, or black cloud. It is made up of gases.
At night, we cooked hot dogs over a fire and watched the smoke go up in the sky.When there is a fire in the forest, the smoke can be seen for many miles.
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| related words: |
cloud, vapor |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
smokes, smoking, smoked |
| definition 1: |
When something smokes, it gives off smoke or a gas that looks like smoke.
Although the fire was out, the forest still smoked. |
| definition 2: |
When someone smokes something like a cigarette, they breathe in the smoke of the cigarette as it burns, and then they blow the smoke out.
My mom and dad never smoked cigarettes. |
| definition 3: |
When people smoke meat or other food, they keep it in the smoke of a wood fire for a number of hours. Smoking food makes it last longer and gives it a special flavor. Many people like the flavor of meat or cheese more when it is smoked.
A long time ago, people had to smoke meat so that they could keep it a long time. They didn't have refrigerators back then.Bacon and ham are meats that are often smoked. |
| related words: |
cure, preserve |
| derivation: |
smokable (smokeable) (adj.) |
Word Builder: smoke +
- smoke detector:
a machine for detecting smoke.
- smoker:
a person who smokes cigarettes.
- smoking:
the habit of using cigarettes.
- smokestack:
a large, tall pipe that carries off smoke from a factory.
- smoky:
full of smoke from cigarettes or something else.
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