smudges
Because it is a word with a single syllable, smudges is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofsmudges
- A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
Example: "There was a smudge on the paper."
- Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
- A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
- (especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
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