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What is the noun for smoky?

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smoker
  1. A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
  2. A smoking car on a train.
  3. An informal social gathering for men only.
  4. A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
  5. An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
  6. A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees (also more specifically called a bee smoker).
  7. An apparatus for smoking food, or a person who smokes food.
  8. (Britain, Cambridge University slang) A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.
  9. (slang) A two-stroke engine or by extension the vehicle itself. Especially when talking about a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle (stroker).
  10. (baseball) A fastball.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “John has been a smoker for over two decades, and his health is now suffering from the detrimental effects of his long-term addiction.”
      “Don't get me wrong I love a good drink and am a social smoker and in the past have been known to smoke cannabis.”
      “As the smoker has become a pariah, sufferers from lung cancer have become the lepers of the twenty-first century.”
smoke
  1. (uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
  2. (colloquial, countable) A cigarette.
  3. (colloquial, uncountable) Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
  4. (colloquial, countable, never plural) An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
  5. (uncountable, figuratively) A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
  6. (uncountable, figuratively) Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
  7. (uncountable) A light grey colour/color tinted with blue.
  8. (military, uncountable) A particulate of solid or liquid particles dispersed into the air on the battlefield to degrade enemy ground or for aerial observation. Smoke has many uses--screening smoke, signaling smoke, smoke curtain, smoke haze, and smoke deception. Thus it is an artificial aerosol.
  9. (baseball, slang) A fastball.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “Hewlett could see billowing smoke in the distance, so he headed for the action.”
      “One of his men insisted that he try a native smoke, a cigar, latter-day kin of the muskets that Columbus and his men had seen in that part of the world, but a bit more refined.”
smokehouse
  1. A structure used to smoke food to preserve it and to add flavor.
  2. A structure in which freshly harvested tobacco is cured or preserved by smoking.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “My grandfather built a traditional smokehouse in our backyard where he expertly cured and smoked his homemade bacon.”
      “The Burren Smokehouse is a traditional smokehouse producing quality oak smoked Irish salmon, trout, mackerel and eel.”
      “He smoked his own hams in his smokehouse and fed his pigs some of the peaches from his trees to make them more succulent.”
smokeball
  1. A puffball fungus.
  2. (military) A ball or case containing a substance that produces thick smoke when it burns.
smoking
smokie
  1. (Canada, US) A type of smoked sausage, often used for hot dogs.
  2. (Britain, informal) A smoked fish.
smoko
  1. (colloquial, Australia, New Zealand and nautical) A cigarette break from work or military duty; a brief cessation of work to have a smoke, or (more generally) to take a small rest, snack etc. [from 19th c.]
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I swear that it rained for 72 hours with no more than a 5 minute break for smoko.”
      “It was supposed to be working, but the construction team was on a smoko and it was resting.”
      “There was no food bought for them for their smoko or lunch breaks, nothing to compensate for their time, they were there for six weeks full time.”
smokebox
  1. A chamber in which smoke passes from a boiler before being vented through a chimney.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Operation probably isn't possible without a whole new boiler, and the holey smokebox will need heavy patching even if it doesn't get one.”
      “A daily examination of each smokebox netting had to be made by a boilermaker.”
      “Her smokebox door hangs open, with headlight peering sideways through the fog with a wall-eyed Cyclopean stare.”
smokeasy
  1. An establishment where patrons are permitted to smoke despite a general ban.
smokehole
  1. A hole in the top of a building, especially a basic building, through which smoke can exit.
smokist
  1. A person who argues the case for smoking and promotes the rights of smokers.
smokery
  1. A facility for smoking food, typically fish and meat, especially in commercial scale.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “David McCreadie, who runs the hugely successful Derimon Smokery, has built a reputation for his smoked meat and fish products from the island.”
      “David uses a funnel-shaped Fyke net to trap the eels, which are kept in a tank before being killed and cured at Derimon Smokery, Dulas.”
smokeshop
  1. A shop selling tobacco and smoking supplies.
smokelessness
  1. The state or condition of being smokeless.
smokepipe
  1. A pipe through which smoke is passed.
smokiness
  1. The state or quality of being smoky.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The smokiness of his clothing, plus the profuse sweating combine to form a putrid aroma like none other I've ever witnessed.”
      “What you get is the smokiness of the pancetta, the flavor-charge of the garlic, the brightness of the broccoli, the perkiness of the cheese.”
      “Almonds, youngberries, a hint of smokiness and white pepper spices makes up a complex bouquet.”
smokeeasy
  1. Alternative form of smokeasy
smokey
smokehouses
  1. plural of smokehouse
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A century ago there were more than 40 smokehouses in Hull, curing thousands of tonnes of fish landed at the docks.”
      “Connemara Smokehouse is one of the few remaining smokehouses specialising in Wild smoked, marinated and roast Irish salmon.”
      “The ancient art of smoking fish is still thriving in smokehouses around Britain.”
smokeholes
  1. plural of smokehole
smokeshops
  1. plural of smokeshop
smokeballs
  1. plural of smokeball
smokepipes
  1. plural of smokepipe
smokeeasies
  1. plural of smokeeasy
smokeboxes
  1. plural of smokebox
smokeasies
  1. plural of smokeasy
smokings
smokists
  1. plural of smokist
smokeries
  1. plural of smokery
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The smokeries also produce other specialities including smoked salmon and bacon.”
smokers
  1. plural of smoker
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Simply raise the minimum wage for staff in bars or other workplaces that have smokers.”
      “Some health professionals also advocate cutting down if smokers cannot or will not stop.”
      “We now know that smokers who are in recovery from alcohol abuse can stop smoking without starting to drink again.”
smokies
  1. plural of smokie
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The first dish that literally made my mouth water was a warm timbale of Arbroath smokies.”
      “To serve, ladle the soup into warm bowls, top with some smokies, drizzle with oil.”
      “During the ensuing two decades, lumbermen went on to clear-cut the majority of the timber in the Smokies.”
smokos
smokes
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