Meanings
adjectivesmokeless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout smoke.
smokeless fuel
2 more examples
smokeless gunpowder
The position will then differ little from that under previous legislation, but any infringement of the law will be much more noticeable in smokeless zones.
1957 April 28, “The Clean Air Act and the Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 222 - not comparableengineeringOf a gun, that does not produce smoke when fired.
I run home, jumped in the bed, Laid a forty-four smokeless under my head.
1971, Thomas G. Burton, Ambrose N. Manning, editors, Folksongs II, Research Advisory Council of East Tennessee State University, page 19 - not comparableOf tobacco, to be consumed through methods other than smoking.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Old Englishsmoca
- Middle Englishsmoke
- Englishsmoke
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishsmokeless
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄκαπνος
- ἄκαπνος (ákapnos)without smoke
Bulgarian бездимен
- бездимен (bezdimen)without smoke
Czech bezdýmný
- bezdýmnýwithout smoke
Finnish savuton
- savutonwithout smoke
German rauchlos
- rauchloswithout smoke
Hungarian füstmentes
- füstmenteswithout smoke
Lithuanian bedūmis
- bedūmiswithout smoke
Polish bezdymny
- bezdymnywithout smoke
Russian безды́мный
- безды́мный (bezdýmnyj)without smoke
Slovak bezdymný
- bezdymnýwithout smoke
Turkish dumansız
- dumansızwithout smoke
Ukrainian безди́мний
- безди́мний (bezdýmnyj)without smoke
Cite this entry
APA
smokeless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokeless
MLA
“smokeless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokeless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smokeless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smokeless.
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