ashtray
/ˈæʃ.tɹeɪ/
ashtray noun: a receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.
Noun
ashtray (plural ashtrays)
- A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.
- Near-synonym: ash stand
- Synonyms:
- ash stand
Verb
ashtray (third-person singular simple present ashtrays, present participle ashtraying, simple past and past participle ashtrayed)
- To use an ashtray.
- to ashtray a cigarette
ashtray meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
ashtray in Hindi
- receptacle for ashes
- राखदानी rākhdānī, ऐशट्रे aiśaṭre
ashtray in Marathi
- receptacle for ashes
- अॅशट्रे aĕśaṭre
ashtray in Urdu
- receptacle for ashes
- اَیش ٹْرے aiś ṭre
ashtray in Bengali
- receptacle for ashes
- এশট্রে eśoṭre
More languagesFewer languages
- ashtray in Punjabi
- ਗੁਲਦਾਨ guldān
- ashtray in Sinhala
- අළුතැටිය aḷutæṭiya
- ashtray in Pashto
- ايرنۍ iranᶕy, خاکسترداني xākestardāni
- ashtray in Tagalog
- abuhan, titisan
- ashtray in Arabic
- مِنْفَضَة minfaḍa, طَفَّايَة ṭaffāya
- ashtray in Malay
- asbak
- ashtray in Indonesian
- asbak
- ashtray in Thai
- ที่เขี่ยบุหรี่ tîi-kìia-bù-rìi
- ashtray in Vietnamese
- gạt tàn thuốc, gạt tàn
- ashtray in Myanmar
- ပြာခွက် prahkwak
Examples of ashtray in a sentence
- This ashtray is very midcentury, but that lamp is the most midcentury thing I've seen all year.
- He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and went back inside.
- In reaching for a glass he knocked over the ashtray.
Synonyms of ashtray
Forms of ashtray
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ashtrays |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ashtrays |
| present participle | ashtraying |
| past participle | ashtrayed |
| past | ashtrayed |
Origin of ashtray
From ash + tray. Compare German Aschenbecher.
Questions about ashtray
- What does ashtray mean?
- Ashtray means a receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.
- What is ashtray in Hindi?
- Ashtray in Hindi is राखदानी (rākhdānī), ऐशट्रे (aiśaṭre). See Ashtray meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ashtray?
- Ashtray can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce ashtray?
- Ashtray is pronounced /ˈæʃ.tɹeɪ/.
- What is the plural of ashtray?
- The plural of ashtray is ashtrays.
Words near ashtray in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ashtray (page history and authors); ਗੁਲਦਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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