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lighters

lighters is the plural of lighter.

Meaning of lighter

Noun (1)

lighter (plural lighters)

  1. A person who lights things.
    • a lighter of lamps
  2. A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.
    • Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter.
    Synonyms:
    briquet

Noun (2)

lighter (plural lighters)

  1. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
    • It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 9

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Phrases with lighters

Questions about lighters

What is lighters the plural of?
Lighters is the plural of lighter.

Words near lighters in the dictionary

  1. lighterful
  2. lighterfuls
  3. lightering
  4. lighterman
  5. lightermen
  6. lighters
  7. lighterweight
  8. lightest
  9. lightest-fingered
  10. lightest-footed
  11. lightest-handed

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