chokedamp

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled choke-damp

US /ˈtʃoʊkˌdæmp/ UK /ˈtʃəʊkˌdæmp/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
suffocating carbon-dioxide-laden air in a mine

The miners retreated as chokedamp seeped into the lower shaft.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · suffocating... blackdampstythe

Opposites

firedamp

Word family

Related forms choke damp

Etymology

A compound of choke + damp, where damp here is an old miners' term for a noxious gas or vapor, from Middle Low German damp ('vapor, steam').

damp Middle Low German

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General Vocabulary

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# chokedamp

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtʃoʊkˌdæmp/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃəʊkˌdæmp/

## Meanings
1. suffocating carbon-dioxide-laden air in a mine

## Examples
- The miners retreated as chokedamp seeped into the lower shaft.

## Synonyms
- blackdamp
- stythe

## Antonyms
- firedamp

## Related Forms
- choke
- damp

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: damp

## Etymology
A compound of choke + damp, where damp here is an old miners' term for a noxious gas or vapor, from Middle Low German damp ('vapor, steam').

## AI Etymology
Chokedamp is a compound of choke + damp, where damp here is an old miners' term for a noxious gas or vapor, from Middle Low German damp ('vapor, steam'). The historical trail runs through damp in Middle Low German. Morphologically, chokedamp is transparent: it is a compound of choke + damp, where damp here is an old miners' term for a noxious gas or vapor, from Middle Low German damp ('vapor, steam'). Used as a noun, chokedamp now means "suffocating carbon-dioxide-laden air in a mine", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as choke and damp. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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