Definition of Fumes

1. Noun. Gases ejected from an engine as waste products.


Definition of Fumes

1. Noun. (plural of fume) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of fume) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fumes

1. fume [v] - See also: fume

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fumes

fume
fume cupboard
fume hood
fumed
fumed oak
fumehood
fumeless
fumelike
fumer
fumerell
fumerells
fumerole
fumeroles
fumeroot
fumers
fumes (current term)
fumet
fumetere
fumets
fumette
fumettes
fumetti
fumetto
fumewort
fumid
fumidashi
fumidawara
fumidity
fumier
fumiest

Literary usage of Fumes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1875)
"The blast or draught which draws off the mercurial fumes into ... Having discovered that the condensation of mercurial fumes is very much ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"... "had no knowledge of the Inflammable nature of the fumes of gasoline," and "had no knowledge of the dangers attending the handling of the кате," and ..."

3. The Chemistry of Colloids by Richard Zsigmondy, Ellwood Barker Spear, John Foote Norton (1917)
"The plant necessary to eliminate the smoke nuisance is similar to that employed for the prevention of flue fumes from blast furnaces and smelters. ..."

4. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana (1880)
"fumes antimonial. Yield a silver globule on charcoal. ... fumes antimonial, with or without sulphur, (o) Contain copper and lead. ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1875)
"The blast or draught which draws off the mercurial fumes into ... Having discovered that the condensation of mercurial fumes is very much ..."

6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"... "had no knowledge of the Inflammable nature of the fumes of gasoline," and "had no knowledge of the dangers attending the handling of the кате," and ..."

7. The Chemistry of Colloids by Richard Zsigmondy, Ellwood Barker Spear, John Foote Norton (1917)
"The plant necessary to eliminate the smoke nuisance is similar to that employed for the prevention of flue fumes from blast furnaces and smelters. ..."

8. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana (1880)
"fumes antimonial. Yield a silver globule on charcoal. ... fumes antimonial, with or without sulphur, (o) Contain copper and lead. ..."

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