smokeless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English smoke Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English smokeless From smoke + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without smoke.
smokeless gunpowder
smokeless fuel
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 14, “The Clean Air Act and the Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 222:
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(not-comparable) Of 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-comparable) Of tobacco, to be consumed through methods other than smoking.
Deriveds
smokelessly · smokeless powder · smokeless zone · smokelessness
Translations (14)
ru безды́мный (without smoke) · bg бездимен (without smoke) · grc ἄκαπνος (without smoke) · fi savuton (without smoke) · pl bezdymny (without smoke) · tr dumansız (without smoke) · sk bezdymný (without smoke) · rsk бездимни (without smoke) · uk безди́мний (without smoke) · cs bezdýmný (without smoke) · hu füstmentes (without smoke) · de rauchlos (without smoke) · be бязды́мны (without smoke) · lt bedūmis (without smoke)