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smoke screen — noun 1. (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements • Syn: ↑smokescreen • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine … Useful english dictionary
Smoke bomb — A smoke bomb is a firework designed to produce smoke upon ignition. While there are smoke generating devices that are dropped from airplanes, the term smoke bomb is used to describe the three types of devices:# A smoke ball is a hollow, cherry… … Wikipedia
smoke screen — noun Date: 1915 1. a screen of smoke to hinder enemy observation of a military force, area, or activity 2. something designed to obscure, confuse, or mislead … New Collegiate Dictionary
Smoke — is the collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases [ [http://www.fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire95/PDF/f95126.pdf Smoke Production and Properties ] SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering] emitted when a material undergoes… … Wikipedia
smoke screen — 1915, as a form of military camouflage, from SMOKE (Cf. smoke) (n.1); 1926 in the fig. sense. The association of smoke with deception, deliberate obscurity dates back to at least 1565 … Etymology dictionary
smoke screen — n. 1. a cloud of smoke spread to screen the movements of troops, ships, etc. 2. anything said or done to conceal or mislead … English World dictionary
smoke screen — smoke ,screen noun count 1. ) something that you say or do as a way of hiding your real feelings, intentions, or activities 2. ) a cloud of smoke that is created to hide the movements of soldiers … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
smoke screen — smoke′ screen n. 1) mil a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy 2) something intended to disguise, conceal, or deceive • Etymology: 1910–15 … From formal English to slang
screen — [skrēn] n. [ME skrene, sieve, curtain < OFr escren < Gmc, as in OHG scerm (Ger shirm), guard, protection, screen < IE base * (s)ker , to cut > SHEAR, SCORE] 1. a) a light, movable, covered frame or series of frames hinged together,… … English World dictionary
smoke screen — index disguise, subterfuge Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
smoke|pot — «SMOHK POT», noun. a pot for burning a mixture of fuels in order to produce a smoke screen … Useful english dictionary