smoke

Chimney's gray output

Smoke is the opaque or translucent mixture of gases given off by things that are burning.

It co-occurs with fire more than any other meaningful word, which makes the expression “where there’s smoke, there’s fire” true of both the words and the things they signify.

If something smokes, it gives off smoke.

If a person smokes, they are a user of cigarettes or some other specified product whose vapors are inhaled.

If you smoke a food, you subject it to wood smoke as a way of curing and imparting flavor: smoked salmon, smoked bacon.

The phrase smoke someone out can be used figuratively or literally to denote driving them out into the open.

haze

pollution

Environmental harm from waste

air quality · fog · mist · atmosphere · respiratory · PM2.5 · blanket · pall · thick · dense

combustion

fire

Combustion with flames

  • flameBurning gas made visible
  • emberGlowing coal fragment
  • ashCombustion's powdery remains

char · soot · burn · smolder · ignite · plume · billow · wisp · curl · rising

flavoring

barbecue

Slow-cook over coals

cherrywood · woodchip · charbroil · grill · pit · brisket · chipotle · aroma · infusion · rub

addiction

nicotine

Addictive tobacco alkaloid

habit · relapse · quit · cold turkey · patch · gum · lozenge · vaping · e-cigarette · cessation

tobacco

cigarette

Paper-wrapped tobacco cylinder

  • cigarWrapped tobacco for smoking
  • pipeHollow conveyance channel
  • hookahWater-filtered smoking apparatus

ashtray · lighter · match · puff · inhale · exhale · pack · carton · menthol · filter

preservation

curing

Restoring health or preserving

ham · pastrami · jerky · charcuterie · andouille · brined · preserved · cured meat

color

gray

Neutral achromatic hue

  • charcoalBurned wood residue
  • slateFissile metamorphic rock
  • ashCombustion's powdery remains

gunmetal · hazy · wispy · silvery · dusky

ritual

incense

Anger greatly, or aromatic resin

  • sageWisdom keeper or seasoning
  • smudgeUnclear dirty mark
  • ceremonyFormal event marking occasions

cleansing · purification · sacred · offering · altar · copal · frankincense · myrrh · censer · spiritual

Categories
Opposites
combustion byproduct vs. absence

smokesmokeless

Producing no fumes

fresh air · clean air · antismoke · purity · ventilation

visibility/obscuration

smokeclarity

State of being understandable

clear sky · transparency · visibility · clearness · clear skies

behavioral action (verb)

smokequit

Cease doing something

abstain · extinguish · put out · refrain · stub out

Phrases
Family

smog, smoking, smoky, smoked, smoker, smokes, smock, smokers, smokey

Familiarity
Top 1,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G