smokeless

Emitting no fumes

Smokeless describes something that produces no smoke or very little.

Smokeless tobacco—chewing tobacco, snuff, dip—is consumed without burning: He switched to smokeless after the lung cancer scare.

Smokeless powder is a propellant for firearms that burns cleaner than traditional gunpowder.

Smokeless fuel burns without visible emissions.

combustion

flameless

Lacking open combustion

residue-free · propane · electric · induction · infrared · catalytic

tobacco

chewing

Crushing food orally

  • snuffPowdered tobacco for sniffing
  • snusMoist oral tobacco product
  • dipBrief immersion or condiment

pouch · oral · spit · spittoon · chaw · plug · leaf · nicotine · gum · lozenge

alternatives

e-cigarette

Battery-powered nicotine vaporizer

  • vapeInhale aerosolized liquid
  • vaporizerMist-producing apparatus
  • inhalerPortable respiratory medication device

lozenge · pod · cartridge · harm-reduction · cessation · quitting · withdrawal · craving · addiction

emission

fumeless

Not giving off fumes

ventilated · filtered · low-emission · zero-emission

gunpowder

cordite

Smokeless firearm propellant

ammunition · firearm · rifle · powder · ballistic · military · hunting · sporting · munition

Categories
Opposites
smoke production/presence

smokelesssmoky

Filled with combustion haze

smoking · smoke-filled · smoldering · fuming · sooty

Phrases
Family

smokeless powder

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G