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non-smoking

non-smoking adjective: having restrictions on smoking.

Adjective

non-smoking (not comparable)

  1. Having restrictions on smoking.
    • We want a table in the non-smoking section.
    • The practice of labelling non-smoking compartments originated in Great Britain on the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, which made the innovation on March 1, 1920. Compartments so labelled had been a familiar feature on Continental railways for many years before that time.1957 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: "Non-Smoking" Compartments”, in Railway Magazine, page 367
    Synonyms:
    smoke-free
  2. Using no tobacco products.
    • We have a room for a non-smoking tenant.

Noun

non-smoking (uncountable)

  1. The act of abstaining from smoking; a policy of doing so.
    • Yes, your Honor: non-smoking has been our policy in all of our hotel rooms for at least twenty years, and Mr Jones clearly knew that.
    • Regular exercise, a healthy diet, moderation of alcohol use, non-smoking, and annual checkups can all reduce the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Examples of non-smoking in a sentence

  • The percentage varied considerably according to the region; in the Karlsruhe area 60 per cent preferred non-smoking accommodation and only 27 per cent preferred to smoke.1964 March, “Beyond the Channel: Western Germany: More non-smoking accommodation”, in Modern Railways, page 205:
  • It amused me, by the way, when I was told on the Jacobite steam service in Scotland that "this is a non-smoking train".2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 54:

Synonyms of non-smoking

Forms of non-smoking

alternative formnonsmoking

Origin of non-smoking

From non- + smoking. The noun is back-formed from the adjective.

Questions about non-smoking

What does non-smoking mean?
Non-smoking means having restrictions on smoking.
How do you use non-smoking in a sentence?
The percentage varied considerably according to the region; in the Karlsruhe area 60 per cent preferred non-smoking accommodation and only 27 per cent preferred to smoke.
What part of speech is non-smoking?
Non-smoking can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near non-smoking in the dictionary

  1. non-Slavic
  2. non-slip
  3. non-smart
  4. non-smoker
  5. non-smokers
  6. non-smoking
  7. non-sonoporated
  8. non-spacing
  9. non-SPEC
  10. non-specialist
  11. non-specialists

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