"smokeless" meaning in English

See smokeless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From smoke + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|smoke|less}} smoke + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} smokeless (not comparable)
  1. Without smoke. Tags: not-comparable Translations (without smoke): ἄκαπνος (ákapnos) (Ancient Greek), бездимен (bezdimen) (Bulgarian), savuton (Finnish), rauchlos (German), füstmentes (Hungarian), bedūmis (Lithuanian), bezdymny (Polish), dumansız (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-smokeless-en-adj-w33d7A~~ Disambiguation of 'without smoke': 93 4 3
  2. (firearms) (Of a gun) that does not produce smoke when fired. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-smokeless-en-adj-PnZ5p6Og Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 82 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 23 50 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 77 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 84 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 89 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 12 67 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 64 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 66 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 69 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 77 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 9 66 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 64 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 66 25 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  3. (Of tobacco) to be consumed through methods other than smoking. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-smokeless-en-adj-~nIr-5jo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: smokeless powder

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "without smoke",
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      "sense": "without smoke",
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      "sense": "without smoke",
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