Usually means: Device that senses and alerts smoke.
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  1. smoke detector: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. smoke detector: Merriam-Webster
  3. smoke detector: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. smoke detector: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. smoke detector: Collins English Dictionary
  6. smoke detector: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. smoke detector: Wiktionary
  8. smoke detector: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. smoke detector: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. smoke detector: Dictionary.com
  11. Smoke detector: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. smoke detector: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. smoke detector: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. smoke detector: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (smoke detector)

▸ noun:  A device that sounds an alarm when it detects smoke or other evidence of a fire.

Similar:
lightning detector, explosimeter, photodetector, monitor, stinkometer, bat detector, odorimeter, olfactometer, photodevice, detector van, more...

Opposite:
fire extinguisher, flame suppressor, fire suppressor

Phrases:
Aspirating smoke detector, Optical beam smoke detector, more...

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Similar:
lightning detector, explosimeter, photodetector, monitor, stinkometer, bat detector, odorimeter, olfactometer, photodevice, detector van, more...

Opposite:
fire extinguisher, flame suppressor, fire suppressor

Phrases:
Aspirating smoke detector, Optical beam smoke detector, more...



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