smokeborne

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adjective

Carried by or originating from smoke.

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Meanings

adjectivesmokeborne (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCarried by or originating from smoke.

    Smokeborne chemicals are by no means the only undesirables these powerful enzymes can get rid of for you.

    1995, Neal D. Barnard, Eat Right, Live Longer, →ISBN, page 42
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    Specifically, good housekeeping, segregation of materials liable to spontaneous ignition (e.g., nitric-acid-cellulose materials), and a storage location chosen with possible spread of waterborne or smokeborne contamination in mind, are indicated.

    1957 December 9, James T. Ramey, Employee Radiation Hazards and Workmen's Compensation, page 287

    The active ingredients of opium, marijuana, and tobacco are inhaled, not as gases, but as smokeborne particles that dissolve on the lung membranes and diffuse through the capillary walls.

    1991, Tibor Palfai, Drugs and Human Behavior, →ISBN, page 34

Origin

From smoke + -borne.

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APA

smokeborne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokeborne

MLA

“smokeborne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokeborne. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smokeborne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokeborne.

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