fume
/fjuːm/ noun B2- A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale. · Don't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.
- A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state. · Lead fume is a greyish powder, mainly comprising lead sulfate.
- Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.
- Anything unsubstantial or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
- The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
Plural fumes
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As I entered, however, my fears were set at rest, for it was the acrid fumes of strong coarse tobacco which took me by the throat and set me coughing.
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