fumes

Definitions of fumes
  1. noun
    gases ejected from an engine as waste products
    synonyms: exhaust, exhaust fumes
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    type of:
    waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
    any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
    gas
    a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
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