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cigarette holder

cigarette holder noun: a tube-like device that holds a cigarette or a cigarillo and through which the cigarette or the cigarillo is smoked (mainly to prevent ash from falling onto a smoker's clothes, and nicotine from staining the fingers or gloves, as well as to keep side-stream smoke further from the smoker's eyes).

cigarette holder: a tube-like device that holds a cigarette or a cigarillo and through which the cigarette or the...
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Noun

cigarette holder (plural cigarette holders)

  1. A tube-like device that holds a cigarette or a cigarillo and through which the cigarette or the cigarillo is smoked (mainly to prevent ash from falling onto a smoker's clothes, and nicotine from staining the fingers or gloves, as well as to keep side-stream smoke further from the smoker's eyes).
    • The cigarette holder that uses a plastic cylinder filled with granules of silica reduced the nicotine content by 14 percent and the tar content by 21 percent.1943, Health Yearbook 1954, →ISBN, page 145
    • He displayed the cigarette holder grandly on every occasion and had learned to manipulate it adroitly. Unwittingly, he had discovered deep within himself a fertile aptitude for smoking with a cigarette holder.1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Forms of cigarette holder

pluralcigarette holders
alternative formcigarette-holder

Questions about cigarette holder

What does cigarette holder mean?
Cigarette holder means a tube-like device that holds a cigarette or a cigarillo and through which the cigarette or the cigarillo is smoked (mainly to prevent ash from falling onto a smoker's clothes, and nicotine from staining the fingers or gloves, as well as to keep side-stream smoke further from the smoker's eyes).
What part of speech is cigarette holder?
Cigarette holder is a noun.
What is the plural of cigarette holder?
The plural of cigarette holder is cigarette holders.

Words near cigarette holder in the dictionary

  1. cigarette ends
  2. cigarette filter
  3. cigarette filters
  4. cigarette girl
  5. cigarette girls
  6. cigarette holder
  7. cigarette holders
  8. cigarette lighter
  9. cigarette lighters
  10. cigarette machine
  11. cigarette machines

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