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antismoke

antismoke adjective: opposing, preventing or protecting from smoke.

Adjective

antismoke (comparative more antismoke, superlative most antismoke)

  1. Opposing, preventing or protecting from smoke.
    • Railroads needed to install standard antismoke equipment on locomotives.1979, Utah State Historical Society, Beehive history, Issues 5-9
    • In 1889 the Ladies^([sic]) Health and Protective Association organized the first sustained antismoke movement in Pittsburgh.2005, Gregory J. Crowley, The politics of place: contentious urban redevelopment in Pittsburgh

Forms of antismoke

comparativemore antismoke
superlativemost antismoke

Origin of antismoke

From anti- + smoke.

Words formed from antismoke

Questions about antismoke

What does antismoke mean?
Antismoke means opposing, preventing or protecting from smoke.
What part of speech is antismoke?
Antismoke is an adjective.

Words near antismoke in the dictionary

  1. antisludging
  2. antislump
  3. antismallpox
  4. antismear
  5. antismog
  6. antismoke
  7. antismoker
  8. antismokers
  9. antismokin'
  10. antismoking
  11. antismudge

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