SMOKELESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smokeless mean? 

• SMOKELESS (adjective)
  The adjective SMOKELESS has 1 sense:

1. emitting or containing little or no smoke

  Familiarity information: SMOKELESS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMOKELESS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Emitting or containing little or no smoke

Context example:

a smokeless environment

Similar:

smoke-free (free of smoke)

Antonym:

smoky (marked by or emitting or filled with smoke)

 Context examples 

In fact, 85 percent of head and neck cancers are linked to tobacco use, including smoking and smokeless tobacco.

(Head and Neck Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Chronic use of smokeless tobacco is associated with the development of verrucous carcinoma in the oral cavity.

(Oral Cavity Verrucous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of smokeless tobacco that is made by mixing cured tobacco leaves with ashes from a certain type of fungus.

(Iq’mik, NCI Dictionary)

The research in this category is directed toward understanding the nature of the chemicals involved, and the reaction mechanisms behind, the deleterious effects of tobacco smoke and smokeless tobacco products.

(Experimental Tobacco Carcinogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of smokeless tobacco that is made in India and is widely used throughout Asia.

(Betel quid with tobacco, NCI Dictionary)

A type of smokeless tobacco made from cured tobacco leaves.

(Chewing tobacco, NCI Dictionary)

The drawn blinds and the smokeless chimneys, however, gave it a stricken look, as though the weight of this horror still lay heavy upon it.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)