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# smoker

«smoker» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who smokes cigarettes, cigars or a pipe, usually…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a smoker, smokers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A smoker is a person who smokes cigarettes, cigars or a pipe, usually often. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/#m3)

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

### In the corpora

- [Nicotine is very addictive, so smokers feel uncomfortable until they have the next one, and most started as teenagers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smoker» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoker/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.