Cigarette Definition

sigəret, sigəret
cigarettes
noun
cigarettes
A thin-paper tube filled with finely cut tobacco for smoking and usually having a filter tip.
Webster's New World
Any similar tube for smoking marijuana, tobacco and ground cloves, etc.
Webster's New World

Tobacco, marijuana, or other substances, in a thin roll wrapped with paper, intended to be smoked.

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Other Word Forms of Cigarette

Noun

Singular:
cigarette
Plural:
cigarettes

Origin of Cigarette

  • Borrowing from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette

    From Wiktionary

  • French diminutive of cigare cigar from Spanish cigarro cigar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cigarette Sentence Examples

  • He rolled a cigarette as he spoke.

  • She finished the cigarette and lit another.

  • Placing a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, his long fingers then searched the pockets of his brown tweed jacket and finally emerged with a match.

  • The peek hole revealed Allen standing on the porch, a cigarette hanging from his lips.

  • It owes its prosperity to its manufacture of linen, woolen goods and paper, especially cigarette paper.

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Words Starting With

CCICIG

Words Ending With

ETETTE

Unscrambles

cigarette

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CI & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With TE

Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With C9 Letter Words Ending With E