smoker

American  

[smoh-ker] / ˈsmoʊ kər /

noun

• smokers
  plural

1. a person or thing that smokes.

2. Railroads.

   1. Also called smoking car.  a passenger car for those who wish to smoke.

   2. a compartment for those who wish to smoke.

3. an informal gathering, especially of men, for entertainment, discussion, or the like.

4. an enclosed metal box or similar device for smoking meats, poultry, or fish.

5. smoking stand.

6. British. smoking-concert.

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smoker British  

/ ˈsməʊkə /

noun

1. a person who habitually smokes tobacco

2. Also called: smoking compartment.  a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted

3. an informal social gathering, as at a club

4. a vent on the ocean floor from which hot water and minerals erupt

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• antismoker
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• smokers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of smoker

First recorded in 1590–1600; smoke + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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smoker smokers

While working on the Venezuela rescue mission, Short and the other team members were recently firing up a smoker for burgers and roasted potatoes in the kitchen a floor below their conference room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Those included former broadcaster Rush Limbaugh, a proud smoker who, sadly, died of lung cancer five years ago, at age 69.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

My favorite Father’s Day gifts are a terrible breakfast concocted by my daughters and an afternoon at the smoker where no one mentions what the ribs are doing to my arteries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

By 2006, in the interests of public health, the realms of the smoker were being restricted.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

She reached up and gave the bees a few puffs before setting the smoker on the ground.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Al-Dabba and his sons, donning protective netted hats and wielding metal bee smokers, gently inspect the neat rows of teeming hives.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Most smokers never develop lung cancer, while some people who have never smoked do.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

As I ended my visit, the strong smell of tallow drifted from massive smokers across the street at Heritage Barbecue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

“A pellet cooker is a cheat code that gives you back about 85% of your time,” said Joe Zavala, of Zavala’s Barbecue outside Dallas, where he opts for the old-school route, with offset smokers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Mariam saw no smokers on the streets, no cups of tea steaming from window ledges.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini