smokable

smokable: smoke ► NOUN 1) a visible suspension of carbon or other particles in the air, emitted from a burning substance. 2) an act of smoking tobacco. 3) informal a cigarette or cigar. 4) (the Smoke or the Big Smoke) Brit. a big city, especially London.

► VERB 1) emit smoke. 2) inhale and exhale the smoke of tobacco or a drug. 3) cure or preserve (meat or fish) by exposure to smoke. 4) treat (glass) so as to darken it. 5) (smoke out) drive out of a place by using smoke.

● go up in smoke — Cf. ↑go up in smoke

● there is no smoke without fire — Cf. ↑there is no smoke without fire

● smoke and mirrors — Cf. ↑smoke and mirrors

DERIVATIVES smokable (also smokeable) adjective smokeless adjective.

ORIGIN Old English.

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Smokable — Smok a*ble, a. Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
smokable — or smokeable adjective Date: 1839 fit for smoking … New Collegiate Dictionary
smokable — /smoh keuh beuhl/, adj. 1. suitable for being smoked. n. 2. Usually, smokables. things for smoking, as cigars or cigarettes. Also, smokeable. [1830 40; SMOKE + ABLE] * * * … Universalium
smokable — adjective /ˈsmoːkəbl̩/ Capable of or fit for being smoked (as tobacco, etc.) … Wiktionary
smokable — smok·able … English syllables
smokable — /ˈsmoʊkəbəl/ (say smohkuhbuhl) adjective (of a drug) able to be absorbed by the body in the process of smoking. Compare injectable …
smokable — … Useful english dictionary
Smoking pipe — A pipe is a tool used for smoking. The designs of pipes vary considerably, but for the most part they are reusable and consist of a chamber, or bowl, in which the substance to be smoked is placed, a stem of some sort and a mouthpiece through… … Wikipedia
smoke|a|ble — «SMOH kuh buhl», adjective, noun. = smokable. (Cf. ↑smokable) … Useful english dictionary
smoke like a chimney — {v. phr.}, {informal} To smoke very heavily and continuously. * / If you continue smoking like a chimney the doctor told my uncle, you ll wind up in the hospital with lung cancer. / … Dictionary of American idioms

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