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# smoky

«smoky» in Mova's school dictionary: **full of smoke («a smoky room»)** — 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

adjective (smoky, smokier, smokiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Smoky means full of smoke («a smoky room»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#m1)

2) Smoky means smelling or tasting of smoke («smoky bacon»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#m2)

3) Smoky describes a grey colour like smoke, or a hazy look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and fire safety a smoky room is dangerous: stay low under the smoke, get out, stay out, and call the fire service. Smoke alarms warn us early. In cooking smoky flavours come from barbecues and smoked food. Phrases: «smoky bacon», «smoky air», «smoky grey», «a smoky fire».

### examples

- The kitchen was smoky after Dad burned the toast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#x1)
- If a room is smoky, crawl low to get out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#x2)
- I like smoky bacon crisps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#x3)
- The campfire was too smoky because the wood was wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#x4)
- Her cat has smoky grey fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#x5)
- The air was smoky from the bushfires far away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#x6)
- The smoke alarm went off because the room was smoky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#x7)
- The barbecue gave the sausages a smoky taste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#x8)
- In the large and smoky hall a bright fire was burning on the stone floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoky/#x9)

### note

Spelling: «smoky» (no e), though «smokey» appears in names like «Smokey Bear». Comparative «smokier», superlative «smokiest». Safety: smoke rises, so clearer air is near the floor.

### In the corpora

- [Hot smoke rises, so the cleanest air in a smoky room is near the floor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/34-fire-at-home/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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