SMOKE SCREEN

Meaning of SMOKE SCREEN in English

1. a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.

2. something intended to disguise, conceal, or deceive; camouflage.

[ 1910-15 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SMOKE SCREEN — noun Date: 1915 a screen of smoke to hinder enemy observation of a military force, area, or activity, something designed …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SMOKE SCREEN — noun 1. : a screen or cloud of smoke: as a. : a screen of smoke designed to hinder enemy …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMOKE SCREEN — thick fog that forms due to an explosion; misleading, diversion, deceptive screen
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SMOKE SCREEN — Date: 1915 1. : a screen of smoke to hinder enemy observation of a military force, area, or activity 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SMOKE SCREEN — Function: noun Date: 1915 1 : a screen of smoke to hinder enemy observation of a military force, area, or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SMOKE SCREEN — [smoke screen] n (1915) 1: a screen of smoke to hinder enemy observation of a military force, area, or activity …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SMOKE SCREEN — see smokescreen
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SMOKE SCREEN — see smokescreen
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SMOKE SCREEN — Synonyms and related words : alibi, apology, blind, camouflage, cloak, color, cover, cover story, cover-up, device, disguise, domino, excuse, facade, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SMOKE SCREEN — {n. phr.} A camouflage; a veil; something used to cover or hide something. * /June hides her commercial interests behind …
Slang English vocab
SMOKE SCREEN — n. to lay (down) a ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SMOKE SCREEN — {n. phr.} A camouflage; a veil; something used to cover or hide something. * /June hides her commercial interests behind …
Словарь английских идиом
SMOKE SCREEN — n. phr. A camouflage; a veil; something used to cover or hide something. June hides her commercial interests behind a …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SMOKE SCREEN — A cloud of smoke used to conceal ground maneuver, obstacle breaching, recovery operations, and amphibious assault operations as well as …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
SMOKE SCREEN — дымовая завеса дымовая завеса
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SMOKE-SCREEN — сущ.; воен. дымовая завеса тж. перен. n дымовая завеса
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SMOKE SCREEN — Дымовая завеса
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SMOKE-SCREEN — _n. _воен. дымовая завеса (тж. _перен.)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SMOKE SCREEN — дымзавеса
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SMOKE-SCREEN — сущ.; тж. smokescreen, smoke screen1) воен. дымовая завеса Syn:smoke-cloud 2) перен. завеса, прикрытие; ложный маневр Telling you about his other …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SMOKE SCREEN — - smoke-screen
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SMOKE SCREEN — дымовая завеса
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SMOKE SCREEN — дымовая завеса
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SMOKE-SCREEN — сущ. ; тж. smokescreen, smoke screen 1) воен. дымовая завеса Syn: smoke-cloud 2) перен. завеса, прикрытие; ложный маневр Telling you …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SMOKE SCREEN — = smoke-screen
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SMOKE-SCREEN — сущ.; тж. smokescreen, smoke screen 1) воен. дымовая завеса Syn: smoke-cloud 2) перен. завеса, прикрытие; ложный маневр Telling you about his other women was just …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SMOKE SCREEN — - smoke-screen
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SMOKE-SCREEN — _n. _воен. дымовая завеса тж. _перен.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SMOKE-SCREEN — n. воен. дымовая завеса тж. перен.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SMOKE-SCREEN — дымовая завеса also fig.
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
SMOKE-SCREEN — _n. _воен. дымовая завеса (тж. _перен.)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SMOKE SCREEN — дымовая завеса
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
SMOKE-SCREEN — [n.] дымовая завеса
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
SMOKE-SCREEN — n дымовая завеса
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
SMOKE SCREEN — дымовая завеса
Англо-Русский морской словарь
SMOKE SCREEN — дымовая завеса (воен.)
Англо-Русский словарь военных терминов
SMOKE-SCREEN — сущ.; воен. дымовая завеса тж. перен. n дымовая завеса
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SMOKE SCREEN — дымовая завеса дымовая завеса
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SMOKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCREEN — I. ˈskrēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English screne, from Middle French escren, escran, from Middle Dutch scherm screen, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMOKE — ( v. t. ) To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SMOKE — — smokelike , adj. /smohk/ , n. , v. , smoked, smoking . n. 1. the visible vapor and gases …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCREEN — — screenable , adj. — screener , n. — screenless , adj. — screenlike , adj. /skreen/ , n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SMOKE — I. ˈsmōk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English smoca; akin to Old English smēocan to emit smoke, Middle High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCREEN — I. ˈskrēn noun Etymology: Middle English screne, from Anglo-French escren, from Middle Dutch scherm; akin to Old High German skirm …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SMOKE — noun to suffer severely; to be punished. 2. smoke ·noun anything unsubstantial, as idle talk. 3. smoke ·noun to raise …
Webster English vocab
SCREEN — add. ·noun an erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to …
Webster English vocab
SMOKE — [smoke] n [ME, fr. OE smoca; akin to OE smeocan to emit smoke, MHG smouch smoke, and prob. to Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCREEN — [screen] n [ME screne, fr. MF escren, fr. MD scherm; akin to OHG skirm shield; prob. akin to Skt carman …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SMOKE — / sməʊk; NAmE smoʊk/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] the grey, white or black gas that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCREEN — / skriːn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OF TV / COMPUTER 1. [ C ] the flat surface …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SMOKE — I. smoke 1 S3 W3 /sməʊk $ smoʊk/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ smoke , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCREEN — I. screen 1 S2 W2 /skriːn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: escren , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SMOKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a visible suspension of carbon etc. in air, emitted from a burning substance. 2 an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SMOKE — n. & v. n. 1 a visible suspension of carbon etc. in air, emitted from a burning substance. 2 an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCREEN — n. & v. n. 1 a fixed or movable upright partition for separating, concealing, or sheltering from draughts or excessive …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SMOKE — n. & v. --n. 1. a visible suspension of carbon etc. in air, emitted from a burning substance. 2 an …
Oxford English vocab
SMOKE — ( smokes, smoking, smoked) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Smoke consists …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCREEN — ( screens, screening, screened) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A screen …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SMOKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCREEN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SMOKE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dense , heavy , thick ▪ black , blue , grey/gray , white , etc. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SCREEN — I. noun 1 on a TV, computer, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ big , giant , huge , large ▪ small , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SCREEN — n. 1 partition, (room) divider, paravent, wall In their one-room flat a bookcase serves as a screen to separate the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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