smoky

[ US /ˈsmoʊki/ ]
[ UK /smˈə‍ʊki/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
    a smoky corridor
    smoky rafters
    a smoky fireplace
    smoky chimneys
  2. tasting of smoke
    smoky sausages
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How To Use smoky In A Sentence

  • The air had grown thick and smoky.
  • The common basis of all gumbos is the roux, a roughly equal combination of flour and fat cooked until very nearly burnt; it is the dark smoky roux that gives the gumbo its colour and flavour.
  • But Ngurn's father, wrapped in decaying grass-matting and hanging even then over their heads among the smoky rafters of the devil-devil house, had held otherwise. THE RED ONE
  • I take in the dock-green porch swing , the birch-leg table , the twin BED where my sister sleeps , the smoky glass of the kerosene lantern.
  • The carriage had become so smoky that passengers had to crouch to the floor to breathe, he said. Times, Sunday Times
  • It's terribly smoky in here - I'm just going out for a breath of fresh air.
  • It is also produced by the projector beam in a smoky cinema.
  • The nose is smoky, with blackberry, black raspberry, and hints of cedar and eucalyptus. Thestar.com - Home Page
  • Made at Charles Back's winery cum cheese factory, this is a smoky, intense, richly oaked white with honey, lemon, lime and herbal fruit characters.
  • The next few pockets yielded only dark blue apatite and clear to smoky to pale citrine quartz.
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