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smoke-shade

smoke-shade noun: a tint measured from 0 to 10 on a scale for comparing different varieties of coal according to the amount of unburnt carbon in their smoke.

Noun

smoke-shade (plural smoke-shades)

  1. (archaic) A tint measured from 0 to 10 on a scale for comparing different varieties of coal according to the amount of unburnt carbon in their smoke.

Forms of smoke-shade

pluralsmoke-shades

Questions about smoke-shade

What does smoke-shade mean?
Smoke-shade means a tint measured from 0 to 10 on a scale for comparing different varieties of coal according to the amount of unburnt carbon in their smoke.
What part of speech is smoke-shade?
Smoke-shade is a noun.
What is the plural of smoke-shade?
The plural of smoke-shade is smoke-shades.

Words near smoke-shade in the dictionary

  1. smoke-o
  2. smoke-oh
  3. smoke-ohs
  4. smoke-screen
  5. smoke-screens
  6. smoke-shade
  7. smoke-shades
  8. smoke-signal
  9. smoke-signalled
  10. smoke-signalling
  11. smoke-signals

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