a cigarette butt

  • 1cigarette butt — cigarette butts N COUNT A cigarette butt or a cigarette end is the part of a cigarette that you throw away when you have finished smoking it. Syn: butt, stub (in BRIT, also use cigarette end) …

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  • 2cigarette butt — noun small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking • Hypernyms: ↑butt, ↑stub • Part Holonyms: ↑cigarette, ↑cigaret, ↑coffin nail, ↑butt, ↑fag * * * cigarette end …

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  • 3cigarette butt — cigarette stub or stump …

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  • 4cigarette butt — ciga rette .butt [ US ˈ... ˌ.] n also ciga rette end BrE the part of a cigarette that remains when someone has finished smoking it …

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  • 5cigarette butt — also cigarette end especially BrE noun (C) the part of a cigarette that remains when someone has finished smoking it …

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  • 6cigarette end — or cigarette butt noun The unsmoked remnant of a cigarette • • • Main Entry: ↑cigar * * * cigaˈrette end [cigarette end cigarette ends] (BrE) …

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  • 7Cigarette — For other uses, see Cigarette (disambiguation). Cig redirects here. For other uses, see Cig (disambiguation). Two unlit, filtered f6 brand cigarettes from Germany. A cigarette (from Mayan Siyar; to smoke rolled tobacco leaves [1] …

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  • 8Cigarette receptacles — Architek Ash/Trash Receptacle A cigarette receptacle is a container or device for extinguishing and disposal of cigarette waste. Other common names for cigarette receptacle include: ash urn, ash pan, butt receptacles, butt bins, butt holders,… …

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  • 9butt — [[t]bʌ̱t[/t]] butts, butting, butted 1) N COUNT Someone s butt is their bottom. [AM, INFORMAL, RUDE] Frieda grinned, pinching him on the butt. 2) N COUNT: oft n N, N of n The butt or the butt end of a weapon or tool is the thick end of its handle …

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  • 10butt — I. /bʌt / (say but) noun 1. the end or extremity of anything, especially the thicker, larger, or blunt end, as of a rifle, fishing rod, whip handle, arrow, log, etc. 2. an end which is not used up: a cigarette butt. 3. Colloquial the buttocks;… …