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firesmoke

firesmoke noun: smoke from a fire.

Noun

firesmoke (uncountable)

  1. Smoke from a fire.
    • He wrote of the love and hate between Judah and Colette and he burned down not only her brothel but several more and he raised the Frenchtown paranoia and destruction to such a level of calamity that the city seemed to be engulfed in a constant cloud of firesmoke.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 59, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 290

Origin of firesmoke

From fire + smoke.

Questions about firesmoke

What does firesmoke mean?
Firesmoke means smoke from a fire.
What part of speech is firesmoke?
Firesmoke is a noun.

Words near firesmoke in the dictionary

  1. fireside chats
  2. Fireside Poets
  3. fireside set
  4. fireside sets
  5. firesides
  6. firesmoke
  7. firesome
  8. firespace
  9. firespout
  10. firespouts
  11. firest

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