Meanings
nounblack smoke (countable and uncountable, plural black smokes)
plural black smokes
- countableuncountableCatholicismBlack-colored smoke serving as an announcement to the outside world that no Pope has been elected yet.
Antonyms: white smoke
Synonyms & antonyms
nounBlack-colored smoke serving as an announcement to the outside world that no Pope has been elected yet.
Opposite
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APA
black smoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20smoke
MLA
“black smoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20smoke. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black smoke,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20smoke.
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