unsmoked

Without fire treatment

Unsmoked describes food that hasn't been cured or flavored through smoking: unsmoked bacon, unsmoked salmon.

The distinction matters for taste and texture—unsmoked versions are milder and lack the characteristic smoky flavor.

Less commonly, unsmoked describes tobacco products not yet consumed: an unsmoked cigar.

fish

salmon

Pink-fleshed migratory fish

herring · cod · eel · sablefish · whitefish · kipper · lox · gravlax · cured · fresh

meat

bacon

Cured smoked pork

  • hamCured pig thigh
  • gammonBrined pork from hindquarters
  • porkPig as food

belly · loin · jowl · hock · streaky · rashers · pancetta · guanciale · fresh · green

sausage

kielbasa

Polish smoked sausage

andouille · chorizo · fresh · raw · uncured · white · country-style · breakfast · Italian · Polish

tobacco

pipe

Hollow conveyance channel

curing · leaf · Virginia · shag · plug · twist · cigar · hookah · narghile · tobacco

Opposites
smoking process

unsmokedsmoked

Exposed to wood fumes

kippered · barbecued · cured · charred

Family

smoke, smoking, smoky, smoked, smolder, smoker, smokes, smokers, smokeless

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G