26984 words

cigarette

2 definitions • 5 examples
1
a small paper tube filled with cut pieces of tobacco that people smoke:

Examples:

smoke a cigarette In the photograph he was smoking a cigarette.
have a cigarette I went outside to have a cigarette.
light a cigarette She lit a cigarette.
2
a small tube of thin paper filled with pieces of cut tobacco that is used for smoking:

Examples:

Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart disease.

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