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smoking

Definitions

noun

  1. the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
  2. a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

adjective

  1. emitting smoke in great volume

Examples

He wanders around Manhattan, unshaven, unbathed, and smoking and cussing a lot.

He was pulling away from a couple of golfers who were smoking cigars and looked familiar.

The Cologne goalkeeper signalled his potential by publicly attacking the legendary Bayern Munich Maoist Paul Breitner for his heavy drinking, smoking and gambling though not, strangely enough, for his scrofulous appearance.

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smokehouse

Definitions

noun

  1. a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish

Examples

A speciality is dishes smoked on site in a small smokehouse.

This book is also about hog-killing and smokehouses, about making lye hominy and gathering wild greens, about ramps and cushaws and leather-britches, about cracklin’ bread and corn-cob jelly, whistle pig and poke sallet, apple butter and stack cakes.’

The soft cheese, which is smoked over Cornish fruitwoods, is made at the company's smokehouse by the River Fal.

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