Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smoked

/smoʊkt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: smoked
IPA: /smoʊkt/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of preservation.

adj

Of glass, tinted.

verb

simple past and past participle of smoke

Example Sentences

"smoked salmon"
"'A pair of smoked spectacles will do it,' he said positively. 'Look at him now; he looks like an angelic office boy. Put him on a pair of smoked spectacles, and children will scream at the sight of him.'"
""You'll need smoked glasses to protect your eyes," Paul warned him."

Etymology

From Middle English smoked, y-smoked, equivalent to smoke + -ed.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: smoked

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /smoʊkt/
British English: /sməʊkt/

Derived Forms

halfsmoked nonsmoked presmoked semismoked

Phrases

smoked beef smoked beer smoked Irish smoked Irishman smoked meat smoked salmon smoked rubber

Frequently Paired Words

smoker smoky

Synonyms

smoke-cured smoke-dried

Antonyms

green unsmoked

Rhymes With

soaked choked provoked revoked stoked invoked joked poked evoked cloaked stroked unprovoked

Questions

How do you pronounce smoked?: The recorded pronunciation is /smoʊkt/.
What does smoked mean?: Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of preservation.
Where does smoked come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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