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# smokeless

adjective (smokeless)

«smokeless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Giving off little or no smoke when burned: smokeless fuel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smokeless/#m1)
2. Without smoke: a smokeless sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smokeless/#m2)
3. (law, UK) A «smokeless zone» is an area where only fuels that make little smoke may be burned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smokeless/#m3)

### In the lessons

Science and history: after the deadly London smog of 1952, Britain passed the Clean Air Act and made smokeless zones, so people burned smokeless coal. Everyday: «smokeless» fuels and stoves are better for the air. In the old days of steam, «smokeless» meant a very clean fire.

### Examples

- Our town is a smokeless zone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smokeless/#x1)
- Dad bought smokeless fuel for the stove. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smokeless/#x2)
- Smokeless coal helped clean the air in cities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smokeless/#x3)
- The sky above the factory was smokeless at last. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smokeless/#x4)
- Modern stoves are almost smokeless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smokeless/#x5)
- The cosy room had a bright, smokeless fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smokeless/#x6)

### Note

Suffix -less means «without»: smokeless = without smoke. «Smokeless tobacco» is chewed tobacco — it is still harmful.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «smokeless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smokeless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«smokeless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/smokeless.html) on Mova free.