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Vinony

smokeless

adjective

  1. emitting/producing no smoke
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adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English smoke Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English smokeless From smoke + -less.

  1. Without smoke.

    “smokeless fuel”

    “smokeless gunpowder”

  2. Of a gun, that does not produce smoke when fired.

    “I run home, jumped in the bed, Laid a forty-four smokeless under my head.”

  3. Of tobacco, to be consumed through methods other than smoking.