how to pronounce smoke

/sməʊk/

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the above transcription of smoke is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

smoke is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of smoke in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in the u.s. smoke marijuana at least …”

meaning of smoke

Smoke is a visible cloud of particles in the air that is produced by the combustion of a solid, liquid, or gas.

smoke frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word smoke occurs in english on average 40.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.