smokable

[ smoh-kuh-buhl ]

/ ˈsmoʊ kə bəl /

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adjective

suitable for being smoked.

noun

Usually smokables. things for smoking, as cigars or cigarettes.

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Origin of smokable

First recorded in 1830–40; smoke + -able

un·smok·a·ble, adjectiveun·smoke·a·ble, adjective

Dealers in America responded by a selling solid, smokable form of cocaine—crack—in small quantities for as little as $2.50.
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There was one good thing she could say for him anyway—his cigarettes were smokable.
The Shriek|Charles Somerville
I can hardly afford myself tobacco any longer, he declared, smokable tobacco.
The Dull Miss Archinard|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Owing to the imperfect drying it is not fragrant, but it is extremely smokable.
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria|Henry Morton Stanley

Feldman finished the soup, and found a cigarette that was smokable.
Badge of Infamy|Lester del Rey