smoke
nounfeminine/fu.ˈma.kɐ/medium
fu·má·ca
Definition
The visible gaseous product of combustion.
Smoke billowed from the factory chimney.
The room filled with smoke from the burnt toast.
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Common collocations
thick smokesmoke detectorcigarette smoke
Idiomatic expressions
- Where there's smoke, there's fire. (Rumors often have some basis in fact.)
Etymology
Do latim 'fumus' + sufixo '-aca'.