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    SMOKY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: smokier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, smokiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: smokier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: smokiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Marked by or emitting or filled with smokeplay

    Example:

    a smoky corridor

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    blackened (darkened by smoke)

    smoking (emitting smoke in great volume)

    smoke-filled (containing smoke)

    Antonym:

    smokeless (emitting or containing little or no smoke)

    Derivation:

    smoke (a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas)

    smoke (a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Tasting of smokeplay

    Example:

    smoky sausages

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)

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