chewing tobacco
chewing tobacco noun: tobacco, cut or ground finely, and placed between the cheek and the gum to allow nicotine absorption through the mucous membranes.
Noun
chewing tobacco (countable and uncountable, plural chewing tobaccos)
- Tobacco, cut or ground finely, and placed between the cheek and the gum to allow nicotine absorption through the mucous membranes.
- "Take, say a fourth of a pound of chewing tobacco, tear it well to pieces, and put it into a vesssel and pour to it a sufficiency of boiling water...."1847, editorial staff, “Billions Cholic”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 80
- Tobacco that is cut into strips or shreds, and chewed and then tucked between the cheek and the gum.
- Near-synonym: plug
- Synonyms:
- plug
chewing tobacco meaning in Tamil
chewing tobacco in Tamil
- மெல்லும் புகையிலை, வாய்ப் புகையிலை, வாய்க்கடைப்புகையிலை
Synonyms of chewing tobacco
Forms of chewing tobacco
| plural | chewing tobaccos |
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Questions about chewing tobacco
- What does chewing tobacco mean?
- Chewing tobacco means tobacco, cut or ground finely, and placed between the cheek and the gum to allow nicotine absorption through the mucous membranes.
- What is chewing tobacco in Tamil?
- Chewing tobacco in Tamil is மெல்லும் புகையிலை, வாய்ப் புகையிலை, வாய்க்கடைப்புகையிலை. See Chewing tobacco meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chewing tobacco?
- Chewing tobacco is a noun.
- What is the plural of chewing tobacco?
- The plural of chewing tobacco is chewing tobaccos.
Words near chewing tobacco in the dictionary
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