Betekenis van smoke In het Nederlands

• 0 the grey, black, or white mixture of gas and very small pieces of carbon that is produced when something burns:

  • cigarette smoke

  • a tiny smoke-filled room

  • The fire produced a pall (= large mass) of smoke visible 20 miles away.

  • Plumes of smoke billowed from the chimney.

  • She leaned back thoughtfully and blew a puff of (= a small amount of) smoke into the air.

  • Because of the fire, hundreds of houses went up in smoke.

  • When the business went bankrupt, 20 years of hard work went up in smoke.

• 1 the act of smoking a cigarette:

  • I really enjoy a smoke at the end of a meal.

  • Would you buy me some smokes while you're out?

• 2 any large city, especially London, Sydney, or Melbourne:

  • He was a young lad of 16 when he first came to the big smoke.

• 3 to breathe smoke into the mouth and usually lungs from a cigarette, pipe, etc.:

  • Do you mind if I smoke?

  • I used to smoke a packet of cigarettes a day.

• 4 to produce smoke as a result of industrial activity or of something such as an electrical fault:

  • The skyline is dominated by smoking factory chimneys.

  • Suddenly the TV went blank and started smoking.

• 5 to preserve meat, fish, or cheese using smoke from burning wood:

  • People in Egypt were salting, drying, and smoking fish and meat 6,000 years ago.

• 6 a cloudy gray or black mixture of air and very small pieces of carbon produced by something that is burning:

  • The building filled with smoke.

  • Nobody died in the fire, but three people were treated for smoke inhalation.

• 7 an act of smoking

• 8 to breathe smoke into the mouth or lungs from burning tobacco

• 9 to preserve and add a smoky flavor to meat, fish, or cheese using smoke from burning wood:

  • They smoke the fish over wood chips.

• 10 to produce or give off smoke:

  • The oil in the frying pan started smoking.