smoker

«smoker» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who smokes cigarettes, cigars or a pipe, usually… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a smoker, smokers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A smoker is a person who smokes cigarettes, cigars or a pipe, usually often. tree →

2) A smoker is a box or oven used for cooking meat or fish slowly in smoke. tree →

3) (beekeeping) A smoker is a small can that puffs smoke to calm bees. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health lessons smokers are people at risk of lung disease and heart disease; signs say «no smoking», and «passive smoking» harms people nearby. In stories, a smoker coughs, smells of smoke or stands outside. Phrases: «a heavy smoker», «a non-smoker», «an ex-smoker», «a smoker's cough».

examples

• Grandad was a smoker but he gave up years ago. tree →
• Smokers are more likely to get lung disease. tree →
• The doctor asked, «Are you a smoker?» tree →
• Mum is a non-smoker and hates the smell. tree →
• We cooked the fish in a smoker in the garden. tree →
• The beekeeper puffed the smoker to calm the bees. tree →
• A heavy smoker smokes many cigarettes a day. tree →

note

Countable: a smoker, smokers. From «smoke» + «-er» (the person who does it). «Non-smoker» means someone who does not smoke. Trap: a «smoker's cough» is a cough from smoking, not a cough of any smoke. Children should know smoking is harmful and is not allowed for them by law in many countries.

In the corpora

• Nicotine is very addictive, so smokers feel uncomfortable until they have the next one, and most started as teenagers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «smoker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.