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smok·y
(smō′kē)adj. smok·i·er, smok·i·est
1. Emitting smoke in profuse volume: a smoky stove.
2. Mixed or filled with smoke: smoky corridors.
3. Resembling smoke: a smoky haze.
4. Discolored or soiled with or as if with smoke: "The smoky Sicilian afternoon sun tinged the green landscape with red" (Mario Puzo).
5. Tasting of smoke: smoky sausages.
smok′i·ly adv.
smok′i·ness n.
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smoky
(ˈsməʊkɪ) orsmokey
adj, smokier or smokiest
1. emitting, containing, or resembling smoke
2. emitting smoke excessively or in the wrong place: a smoky fireplace.
3. (Colours) of or tinged with the colour smoke: a smoky cat.
4. (Cookery) having the flavour of having been cured by smoking
5. made dark, dirty, or hazy by smoke
ˈsmokily adv
ˈsmokiness n
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smok•y
(ˈsmoʊ ki)adj. smok•i•er, smok•i•est.
1. emitting smoke, esp. in large amounts.
2. hazy; darkened or begrimed with smoke.
3. having the character or appearance of smoke: smoky colors.
4. pertaining to or suggestive of smoke: a smoky haze.
5. of a dull or brownish gray.
[1275–1325]
smok′i•ly, adv.
smok′i•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | smoky - marked by or emitting or filled with smoke; "smoky rafters"; "smoky chimneys"; "a smoky fireplace"; "a smoky corridor" smokeless - emitting or containing little or no smoke; "smokeless factory stacks"; "smokeless fuel"; "a smokeless environment" |
2. | smoky - tasting of smoke; "smoky sausages" tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel" |
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smoky
smokeyadjective
2. grey, dark grey, slate-grey, dark He had smoky grey-blue eyes.
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Translations
شبيه بالدُّخانمليء بالدُّخان
kouřovýzakouřený
tilrøget
-kuvioinensavuinensavunmakuinenvärinen
füstöspárás
reykkenndurreykmettur, sem mikiî rÿkur úr
dymovýzadymenýzafajčený
zadimljen
duman gibidumanlı
smoky
[ˈsməʊkɪ] ADJ (smokier (compar) (smokiest (superl))) [chimney, fire] → humeante, que humea; [room, atmosphere] → lleno de humo; [flavour, surface etc] → ahumadoit's smoky in here → aquí hay mucho humo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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smoky
adj (+er) chimney, fire → rauchend; room, atmosphere → verraucht; (= stained by smoke) → verräuchert; (= like smoke) flavour → rauchig; colour → rauchfarben; smoky glass → Rauchglas nt
smoky
:smoky bacon
n → Räucherschinken m
smoky blue
adj → rauchblau
smoky grey, (US) smoky gray
adj → rauchgrau
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smoky
[ˈsməʊkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (chimney, fire) → fumoso/a, che fa fumo; (room, atmosphere) → fumoso/a, pieno/a di fumo; (flavour) → affumicato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
smoke
(sməuk) noun1. the cloudlike gases and particles of soot given off by something which is burning. Smoke was coming out of the chimney; He puffed cigarette smoke into my face.
2. an act of smoking (a cigarette etc). I came outside for a smoke.
verb1. to give off smoke.
2. to draw in and puff out the smoke from (a cigarette etc). I don't smoke, but he smokes cigars.
3. to dry, cure, preserve (ham, fish etc) by hanging it in smoke.
smoked adjective treated with smoke. smoked cheese.
ˈsmokeless adjective1. allowing no smoke. Our part of the town is a smokeless zone.
2. burning without smoke. smokeless fuel.
ˈsmoker noun a person who smokes cigarettes etc. When did you become a smoker?; He's a pipe-smoker.
ˈsmoking noun the habit of smoking cigarettes etc. He has given up cigarette-smoking at last; Smoking can damage your health.
ˈsmoky adjective1. filled with, or giving out (too much) smoke. The atmosphere in the room was thick and smoky.
2. like smoke in appearance etc.
ˈsmokiness
nounsmoke detector
a device in a building which sounds a fire alarm when smoke passes through it.
ˈsmokescreen noun1. a cloud of smoke used to conceal the movements of troops etc.
2. something intended to conceal one's activities etc.
go up in smoke1. to be completely destroyed by fire. The whole house went up in smoke.
2. to vanish very quickly leaving nothing behind. All his plans have gone up in smoke.
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