SMOKE
What does "SMOKE" mean?
The visible gas and airborne particles given off by a burning substance.
Meanings
- The cloud of gas and fine particles released when something burns. Smoke poured from the chimney into the cold air.
- To inhale and exhale the smoke of tobacco or another substance. He quit smoking ten years ago.
- To preserve or flavor food by exposing it to wood smoke. They smoke the salmon over alder chips. technical
- To emit smoke, or to give off visible vapor. The engine began to smoke on the steep climb.
- Something insubstantial or used to obscure the truth. His promises were just smoke. figurative
Did you know?
- The smell of a campfire clings to you because wood smoke contains guaiacol and syringol, sticky compounds from burning lignin that bond to hair and clothing far longer than the smoke lingers.
Word origin
From Old English 'smoca', smoke, from a Proto-Germanic root 'smuk-'; related to German 'Schmauch' and to the verb 'smeocan' (to emit smoke).
Remember it
SMOKE rhymes with cloak - it cloaks a fire and rises wearing it.
A little poem
The fire is long out-
but the smoke stayed in my coat
to tell tomorrow.
haiku
Wordplay
- Where there's smoke there's fire - unless there's a fog machine, then there's just a band.
What it teaches
Smoke is honest about one thing: something, somewhere, is burning.
Quick facts
What does SMOKE mean?
The visible gas and airborne particles given off by a burning substance.
Is SMOKE a valid word?
Yes — SMOKE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SMOKE?
SMOKE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SMOKE come from?
From Old English 'smoca', smoke, from a Proto-Germanic root 'smuk-'; related to German 'Schmauch' and to the verb 'smeocan' (to emit smoke).
What can SMOKE teach us?
Smoke is honest about one thing: something, somewhere, is burning.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.