You can use smoky to describe something that looks like smoke, for example because it is slightly blue or grey or because it is not clear. At the center of the dial is a piece of smoky glass
A tasting term used to describe a subtle wood-smoke aroma (from toasting the barrels) and also some wines (i e Madeira) that seem to pick up a steely or smoky aroma from the earth in which they are grown
Something that has a smoky flavour tastes as if it has been smoked. Cooking with the lid on gives the food that distinctive smoky flavour. adj. Great Smoky Mountains Great Smoky Mountains National Park smoky quartz
marked by or emitting or filled with smoke; "smoky rafters"; "smoky chimneys"; "a smoky fireplace"; "a smoky corridor" tasting of smoke; "smoky sausages
(1) Simply refers to the aroma or taste imparted, such as anything 'smoked' might impart (2) Flavor and aromatic quality associated with wines that have been oak-aged, as with certain Chardonnays, Rhone reds and so on