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# smoker

noun (a smoker, smokers)

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

## Everyday

1. A smoker is a person who smokes cigarettes, cigars or a pipe, usually often. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/#m1)
2. A smoker is a box or oven used for cooking meat or fish slowly in smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/#m2)
3. (beekeeping) A smoker is a small can that puffs smoke to calm bees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health lessons smokers are people at risk of lung disease and heart disease; signs say «no smoking», and «passive smoking» harms people nearby. In stories, a smoker coughs, smells of smoke or stands outside. Phrases: «a heavy smoker», «a non-smoker», «an ex-smoker», «a smoker's cough».

### Examples

- Grandad was a smoker but he gave up years ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/#x1)
- Smokers are more likely to get lung disease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/#x2)
- The doctor asked, «Are you a smoker?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/#x3)
- Mum is a non-smoker and hates the smell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/#x4)
- We cooked the fish in a smoker in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/#x5)
- The beekeeper puffed the smoker to calm the bees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/#x6)
- A heavy smoker smokes many cigarettes a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a smoker, smokers. From «smoke» + «-er» (the person who does it). «Non-smoker» means someone who does not smoke. Trap: a «smoker's cough» is a cough from smoking, not a cough of any smoke. Children should know smoking is harmful and is not allowed for them by law in many countries.

## On Mova

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