Cigar Definition

sĭ-gär
cigars
noun
A cylindrical roll of cured tobacco for smoking, consisting of cut tobacco wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
close but no cigar
  • phrase used to describe a situation or outcome in which victory or success is narrowly missed
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cigar

Noun

Singular:
cigar
Plural:
cigars

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cigar

Origin of Cigar

  • From Spanish cigarro, of uncertain origin; perhaps from cigarra (“cicada”) or from a Mayan language, see siyar (“to smoke tobacco leaves”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish cigarro possibly from Maya sik’ar from sik tobacco

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

Cigar Sentence Examples

  • A cigar consists of a core or Cigars.

  • There are two large European cigar factories here.

  • He found Speck on the back porch, smoking a cigar while gazing at the glowing wheat fields.

  • The chief industries include distilleries, breweries, glass works, cigar factories and the ancient linen and cutlery manufactures.

  • Cigar tobaccos become coarse if planted too widely.

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Words Starting With

CCICIG

Words Ending With

RARGAR

Unscrambles

cigar

Words Starting With C and Ending With R

Starts With C & Ends With RStarts With CI & Ends With RStarts With C & Ends With AR

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With C5 Letter Words Ending With R