Collocations for smoke - noun
ADJ.
dense, thick | black, blue, grey, etc. | billowing | acrid, choking, stale | cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco
QUANT.
cloud, column, haze, pall, plume, puff, spiral, wisp
We sat drinking in a haze of cigarette smoke. | The witch disappeared in a puff of smoke.
We sat drinking in a haze of cigarette smoke. | The witch disappeared in a puff of smoke.
VERB + SMOKE
belch (out), blow, emit
The lorry ahead was belching out black smoke. | Don''t blow smoke in my face!
The lorry ahead was belching out black smoke. | Don''t blow smoke in my face!
exhale | inhale | go up in
The barn went up in smoke (= was destroyed by a fire).
The barn went up in smoke (= was destroyed by a fire).
be wreathed in
She sat there wreathed in cigarette smoke.
She sat there wreathed in cigarette smoke.
SMOKE + VERB
belch, billow, curl, drift, fill, pour, rise from/into
Blue smoke curled upwards from her cigarette.
Blue smoke curled upwards from her cigarette.
hang
A pall of yellow smoke hung over the quarry.
A pall of yellow smoke hung over the quarry.
clear
When the smoke cleared we saw the extent of the damage.
When the smoke cleared we saw the extent of the damage.
SMOKE + NOUN
plume, ring
I taught myself to blow smoke rings.
I taught myself to blow smoke rings.
signal | bomb | alarm, detector | emission | inhalation
PHRASES
full of smoke, thick with smoke
The public bar was thick with stale tobacco smoke.
The public bar was thick with stale tobacco smoke.