smokeless
/'smouklis/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Emitting or containing little or no smoke: Describes something that produces minimal or zero visible smoke during combustion or operation.
- Free from smoke: Describes an environment or atmosphere that is clear of smoke.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The city promoted the use of smokeless fuel to reduce air pollution.
- After the new regulations, the factory became a smokeless operation.
- We enjoyed a picnic in the smokeless mountain air.
Advanced Usage
"Smokeless powder": A type of propellant used in firearms that produces minimal smoke when fired, as opposed to older black powder.
- Modern ammunition primarily uses smokeless powder.
"Smokeless tobacco": Tobacco products, such as chewing tobacco or snus, that are consumed without being burned and therefore do not produce smoke.
- Public health campaigns warn about the risks of smokeless tobacco.
Variants and Related Words
- Smokelessly (adverb): In a manner that produces no smoke.
- The new engine burns fuel almost smokelessly.
Synonyms
- Clean-burning: (Especially for fuels) producing little pollution or smoke.
- Fume-free: Not producing fumes or smoke.
Adjective
- emitting or containing little or no smoke
- smokeless factory stacks
- smokeless fuel
- a smokeless environment