Smokeless
['sməʊklɪs]
Definition
(adj.) emitting or containing little or no smoke; 'smokeless factory stacks'; 'smokeless fuel'; 'a smokeless environment' .
Inputed by Heinrich--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Making or having no smoke.
Editor: Quentin
Examples
- The drawn blinds and the smokeless chimneys, however, gave it a stricken look, as though the weight of this horror still lay heavy upon it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In recent years smokeless powders have largely superseded all others. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Cordite (Smokeless Powder) produced by Abel and Dewar. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Weight of charge, 310 pounds of smokeless powder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Weight of charge, 15 pounds of smokeless powder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Weight of charge, 18 ounces of smokeless powder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Quentin