non·smok·ing

non·smok·ing
/nɑnˈsmoʊkıŋ/ adj
1
— used to describe a place where people are not allowed to smoke

Let's sit in the restaurant's nonsmoking section.

The bar is nonsmoking. [=people are not allowed to smoke in the bar]

2 always used before a noun of a person : not having the habit of smoking

I'm looking for a nonsmoking roommate. [=a roommate who does not smoke]


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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