Meaning & use

Smokeless

adjective·Everyday

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Producing or emitting little or no smoke.

See it in a sentence

The city introduced smokeless fuel to cut down on winter air pollution.

Smokeless tobacco is chewed or held in the mouth rather than smoked.

A note on using this word

'Smokeless powder' and 'smokeless zones' are both established compound terms, the former in firearms and the latter in air-pollution law.

Words with an opposite meaning

smoky

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