black smoker

noun

A kind of hydrothermal vent found on the seabed, emitting clouds of black material.

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Meanings

nounblack smoker (plural black smokers)

plural black smokers

  1. geographyA kind of hydrothermal vent found on the seabed, emitting clouds of black material.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, smoker.

Translations

Finnish musta savuttaja
  • musta savuttajatype of hydrothermal vent
French fumeur noir
  • fumeur noirtype of hydrothermal vent
German Schwarzer Raucher
  • Schwarzer Rauchertype of hydrothermal vent
Polish czarny komin
  • czarny komintype of hydrothermal vent
Russian чёрный кури́льщик
  • чёрный кури́льщик (čórnyj kurílʹščik)type of hydrothermal vent

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

black smoker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20smoker

MLA

“black smoker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20smoker. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black smoker,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20smoker.

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