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smokelessness

smokelessness noun: the state or condition of being smokeless.

Noun

smokelessness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being smokeless.
    • By the engine stood a dark, motionless being, a sooty and grimy embodiment of tallness, in a sort of trance, with a heap of coals by his side: it was the engine-man. The isolation of his manner and colour lent him the appearance of a creature from Tophet, who had strayed into the pellucid...1891, Thomas Hardy, “11s”, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles
    • The sharp “crack” of the weapon, its smokelessness, and the peculiar screech of the nickel bullets filled them with awe […]1915, Percy F. Westerman, chapter 11, in The Nameless Island, London: C. Arthur Pearson, published 1920

Origin of smokelessness

From smokeless + -ness.

Questions about smokelessness

What does smokelessness mean?
Smokelessness means the state or condition of being smokeless.
What part of speech is smokelessness?
Smokelessness is a noun.

Words near smokelessness in the dictionary

  1. smokeless powder
  2. smokeless powders
  3. smokeless zone
  4. smokeless zones
  5. smokelessly
  6. smokelessness
  7. smokelike
  8. smoken
  9. smokened
  10. smokening
  11. smokens

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