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| air |
When you air a room, you open doors and windows so that air can move through it. You air a room to take away smoke, dust, or things that smell bad. When you air something like a pillow or rug, you put it outside so that it will smell cleaner. [1/4 definitions] |
| anthracite |
a hard, shiny coal that burns with little flame or smoke. |
| chimney |
a hollow, upright structure above a fireplace or furnace that carries smoke upward and to the outside. |
| cloud |
something like a cloud, such as dust or smoke. [1/5 definitions] |
| detector |
A detector is a device that finds or senses something, such as a smoke detector that senses smoke and warns people of fires. |
| exhaust |
the smoke or gas given off by an engine. [1/4 definitions] |
| fireplace |
a brick or stone space in a room for making fires. A fireplace has a chimney, which keeps smoke from building up inside the room. |
| flue |
a hollow pipe inside a chimney that lets hot or cold air, smoke, or steam escape to the outside. |
| fume |
(often plural) a vapor, smoke, or odor that is not pleasant or healthy. [1/2 definitions] |
| gunpowder |
Gunpowder is a black powder that explodes when touched with fire. Gunpowder is used in firing guns, but modern guns use a substance that doesn't create smoke like this black powder does. |
| haze1 |
mist, smoke, or dust in the air, making it hard to see. |
| perceive |
When you perceive something, you notice it by means of one or more of your senses. You might perceive smoke through your sense of smell or through your sense of sight. You perceive sound through your sense of hearing. You perceive something as soft or rough through your sense of touch. [1/2 definitions] |
| puff |
a short, strong burst of breath, air, smoke, or steam. [1/8 definitions] |
| smell |
When you smell something, your nose is working to tell you something. When you smell smoke in the air, you know there is smoke because of what your nose tells you. [1/7 definitions] |
| smog |
a mixture of smoke and fog that is caused by moist air and human pollution. |
| smoke |
to give off smoke or a vapor or gas that looks like smoke. [3/6 definitions] |
| smoke detector |
a device that makes a loud noise to warn people of smoke or fire. |
| smokestack |
a chimney or pipe that is used to carry off smoke from a factory, ship, or any place that uses fire. |
| smoky |
giving off smoke in large amounts. [3 definitions] |
| smolder |
to burn slowly and with smoke, but with little or no flame. [1/2 definitions] |
| soot |
a fine, black powder made during burning. Soot collects in chimneys or is carried into the air in smoke. |
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