Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Emitting or containing little or no smoke.
- adjective Free from the use of smoking tobacco or from the smoke generated by such use.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having, emitting, or causing little or no smoke: as, smokeless powder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Making or having no smoke.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without
smoke .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective emitting or containing little or no smoke
Etymologies
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Examples
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Reynolds petitioned the FDA earlier this year to change a label on smokeless products to No tobacco product is safe, but this product presents substantially lower risks to health than cigarettes.''
Report: Too Little Known on Smokeless-Tobacco Risk Mike Esterl 2011
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Public-health officials as high ranking as the surgeon general continued calling smokeless just as dangerous as cigarettes long after published research showed otherwise.
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In January, Philip Morris withdrew a so-called smokeless product, Taboka Tobaccopaks.
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Tennessee's attorney general had accused Wilson of glamouring -- glamorizing, that is, the smokeless tobacco brand Skoal.
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None of the so-called smokeless powders are entirely smokeless, although some of them are very nearly so.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 Various
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It is absolutely smokeless, that is, its products of combustion are entirely gaseous.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 Various
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Had he used the so-called smokeless powder the Haussas might have expended hundreds of rounds without discovering the cheat.
Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force Ernest [Illustrator] Prater 1917
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A so-called smokeless bituminous coal occurs in various localities; its low percentage of volatile matter makes it an excellent house fuel.
Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895
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Waxman, the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Pallone, the top Democrat on the panel's health subcommittee, held a hearing last year on chewing tobacco and dip - collectively known as smokeless tobacco.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Frederic J. Frommer 2011
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Waxman, the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Pallone, the top Democrat on the panel's health subcommittee, held a hearing last year on chewing tobacco and dip -- collectively known as smokeless tobacco.
CNN.com 2011
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